page_title: Vítězslav Novák
section_title: Renewal and death
hierarchical_section_title: Vítězslav Novák / Biography / Renewal and death
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Busta hudebního skladatele Vítězslava Nováka, nám. Československé armády, Kamenice nad Lipou, okres Pelhřimov English: Bust of composer Vítězslav Novák, Kamenice nad Lipou, Pelhřimov District, Czech Republic
context_page_description: Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák was a Czech composer and pedagogue. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music has been occasionally considered an early example of Czech modernism.
context_section_description: In the 1930s, Novák went through a period of artistic renewal with the premieres of some large-scale compositions. After the collapse of democracy and the subsequent Nazi protectorate in 1939, Novák, then retired, gained credibility among his younger Czech contemporaries through the performance of several patriotic and morale-boosting works, meant as a musical form of resistance. After the Second World War, he wrote a lengthy memoir, entitled O sobě a jiných (Of Myself and Others, publ. 1970), in which he aired many of his long-standing grudges, especially toward his main rival, Otakar Ostrčil, but also even his close friend Josef Suk. He died in Skuteč in Eastern Bohemia, where he had spent much of his last years.
caption: Vítězslava Nováka
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