Jaroslav Řídký (25 August 1897 – 14 August 1956) was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher. Life Řídký was born at Reichenberg, now Liberec. From 1919 to 1923 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Boleslav Jirák, and Jaroslav Křička. Besides teaching at the Conservatory from 1924 to 1949, he also played the harp for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra between 1924 and 1938, and conducted the Philharmonic choir from 1925 to 1930. In 1928 Řídký attended as a conductor the premiere of Leoš Janáček´s chamber composition Capriccio. He died at Poděbrady. Style He composed seven symphonies and one sinfonietta, one string serenade, concertos for violin (1), piano (1), and cello (2), chamber music, pieces for piano, cantatas, and also prepared his own arrangements of folk songs. His work is composed rather in traditional style, first compositions are influenced by romanticism, later he composed in traditional, neo-classical style. His oeuvre contains 47 numbered opuses, both in chamber and orchestral instrumentation. Řídký composed also violin, piano and two violoncello concertos. In 1954 he was awarded National Prize for his Piano Concerto Op. 46. Selected works Orchestral Symfonietta in C minor, Op. 1 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 3 (1924) Symphony No. 2 in D minor for orchestra with obbligato cello, Op. 4 (1925) Symphony No. 3 in A major, Op. 8 (1927–1928) Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 10 (1928) Předehra (Ouvertura) (Overture), Op. 11 (1929) Symphony No. 5 in E (C?) minor, Op. 17 (1932) Malá suita (Little Suite), Op. 18 (1931–1932); original version for cello and piano Symphony No. 6, Op. 35 (1938); incomplete: movement I in sketch form Serenáda (Serenade) in E major for string orchestra, Op. 37 (1941) Symfonietta for chamber orchestra, Op. 40 (1945–1946) Slavnostní pochod (Marcia festiva) (1947, 1950); 1947 version for wind orchestra Symphony No. 7, Op. 47 (1955–1956) Smuteční fanfára Dvě suity z hudby k filmu „Mánes“ (Mánes: 2 Suites from the Film) Wind orchestra Slavnostní pochod (Marcia festiva) (1947) Milada (1951) Concertante Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 7 (1927) Concerto No. 1 in F minor for cello and orchestra, Op. 14 (1930) Nocturne for cello and orchestra, Op. 19 (1931–1932) Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra, Op. 36 (1940) Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op. 46 (1952); written for his wife Jaroslava Řídká, who gave the premiere in 1953 Chamber music Sonata