Sláva Vorlová (1894 - 1973) Czech Republic

Czech composer. She also used the pseudonym Mira Kord. She was born in Náchod and studied singing with Rosa Papier at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1915, she moved to Prague to study piano and composition. In 1919, she married businessman Rudolf Vorel (whose surname she adopted in its Czech form, Vorlová) and spent fifteen years working in her husband's business.

I begin by sharing a work that I liked and found entertaining, her Miniatures for bass clarinet and piano.

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In 1933, she returned to composition and wrote a string quartet; the following year, she continued her composition studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music. In 1945, Vorlová witnessed her husband's execution at the hands of an SS commando. She died in Prague at the age of 79.

Now I would like you to listen to her Concerto for Double Bass and Strings, Op. 74.

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Vorlová composed a large number of works, including operas, orchestral pieces, and jazz songs. Several of her compositions have been released on recordings.

You can find her entire catalog on the page http://www.kapralova.org/VORLOVA.htm

Her music is copyrighted, so I can't share any sheet music here :( but I'll end with the following video where you can listen to her Fantasy on a Czech Folk Song for viola, op. 33. Nobody asked me but it made me cry, I love the viola <3<3<3