Josef bohuslav foerster biography template

Josef Bohuslav Foerster (30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951) was a Czechcomposer of classical music.

He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster.

Josef bohuslav foerster biography template

The surname is sometimes spelled Förster.

Life

Foerster was born in Dětenice, in an area called the Bohemian Paradise. His was a musical family normally living in Prague, where his father, a composer also named Josef Foerster, taught at the Conservatory.

(His father's students included Franz Lehár.^[1]) Josef was educated accordingly, and duly studied there. He also showed an early interest in the theatre, and even thought of becoming an actor.

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From 1884 he worked as a critic, and he would prove to be a writer of distinction. In 1893 he married the leading Czech soprano Berta Lautererová (Bertha Lauterer) in Hamburg, during ten years making his living there as a critic, and she was engaged at the Hamburg Staatsoper.

In 1901 he became a teacher at the Hamburg Conservatory. In