Luboš Fišer

Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil. From 1956 he studied at the AMU in Prague. His first publicly performed compositions were Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (1954).

Selected compositions

 * Orchestra & Wind Ensemble
 * Patnáct listů podle Dürerovy Apokalypsy (Fifteen Prints after Dürer's Apocalypse) (1965)
 * Double (1969)
 * Lament for chamber orchestra (1971)
 * Report for wind ensemble (1971)
 * Labyrinth (1977)
 * Serenády pro Salzburg (Serenades for Salzburg) for chamber orchestra (1979)
 * Meridián (1980)
 * Sonata for orchestra (1998)


 * Concertante
 * Concerto da camera for piano and orchestra (two versions, 1964 with full orchestra, 1970 with wind)
 * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1979)
 * Romance for violin and orchestra (1980)
 * Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1983)
 * Concerto for violin and orchestra (1998)
 * Sonata per Leonardo for guitar and orchestra
 * Pastorale per Giuseppe Tartini for guitar and orchestra
 * Chamber
 * Dialogue for trumpet and organ (1996)
 * Impromptu for clarinet and piano (1986)
 * Piano Trio (1978)
 * Romance for violin and piano (1980)
 * Ruce (Hands), Sonata for violin and piano (1961)
 * Sonata for cello and piano (1975)
 * Sonata for solo viola and string quartet (1991)
 * Sonata for two cellos and piano (1979)
 * Sonata "In Memoriam Terezin" for violin solo (1981)
 * String Quartet (1983–1984)
 * Sonata for cello solo (1986)
 * Testis for string quartet (1980)
 * Variace na neznámé téma (Variations on an Unknown Theme), for string quartet (1976)


 * Piano
 * Sny a valčíky (Dreams and Waltzes) (1993)
 * Sonata No.1 (1955)
 * Sonata No.3 (1960)
 * Sonata No.4 (1962–1964)
 * Sonata No.5 (1974)
 * Sonata No.6 "Fras" (1978)
 * Sonata No.7 (1987)
 * Sonata No.8 (1996)


 * Organ
 * Reliéf (The Relief) for organ solo (1964)


 * Choral
 * Requiem (1968)
 * Vánoční koledy (Christmas Carols) for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra (1969)


 * Vocal
 * Istanu, Melodrama for reciter, alto flute, and four percussionists (1980)
 * Zapomenuté písně (Forgotten Songs) on Texts of Gypsy Poetry for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, and piano (1985)


 * Soundtrack
 * On the Comet (1970)
 * Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Finders Keepers Records 2006)
 * Morgiana (Finders Keepers Records 2013)