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{{Short description|Czech composer}}
'''Jan Novák''' (8 April 1921, [[Nová Říše]] &ndash; 17 November 1984, [[Neu Ulm]]) was a Czech composer of classical music. Novák was primarily active in the 1960s and composed the music for several films of [[Karel Kachyňa]]. Novák also composed music for the films of animators [[Jiří Trnka]] and [[Karel Zeman]], the leading figures of the Czech animated film, as well as for ''[[Wir (film)|Wir]]'' (1982, TV film) (based on ''[[We (novel)|We]]'', the 1921 [[Russian novel]] by [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]]).

Jan Novák was also a [[Contemporary Latin]] poet, under the pen name Ianus Novak. In 1970 he was awarded the ''magna laus'' at the Amsterdam Latin poetry competition, the ''{{ill|Certamen poeticum Hoeufftianum|fr}}''.

==Selected works==
* Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1952)
* ''Baletti a 9'' for nonett (1955)
* Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1955)
* Concertino for wind quintett (1957)
* Capriccio for cello and orchestra (1958)
* ''Dulces cantilenae'' for soprana and cello (1961)
* ''Passer Catulli'' for bass and nonett (1962)
* ''Ioci vernales'' for bass, octet and tape (1964)
* ''Dido'', cantata for mezzosopran, speaker, men's choir and orchestra (1967)
* ''Exercitia mythologica'' for four- to eight-part mixed choir (1968)
* ''Ignis pro Ioanne Palach'' for choir and orchestra (1969)
* ''Apicius modulatus'' for voice and guitar (1971)
* ''Odarum concentus'' for strings orchestra (1973)
* ''Schola cantans'' for voice and piano (1973)
* ''Dulcitius'', opera (1974)
* ''Concentus Biiugis'' for 4-hands piano and orchestra (1976)
* ''Due preludi e fughe'' for flute (1979)
* ''Ludi concertantes'' (1981)
* ''Sonata da chiesa'' I and II for flute and organ (1981)
* ''Sonata super hoson zes'' for violin or flute and piano (1981)
* ''Aesopia'' for four-part mixed choir and 2 pianos or small orchestra (1981)
* ''Vernalis temporis symphonia'' for soli, choir and orchestra (1982)
* ''Symphonia bipartita'' (1983)
* ''Sonata tribus'' for flute, violin and piano (1982)
* ''Marsyas'' for piccolo and piano (1983)
* ''Cantica Latina'' for voice and piano (discovered in 1985)

==External links==
*[http://www.jannovak.eu/ Official Jan Novák site]– includes biography, discography, sample scores etc. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901234224/http://www.jannovak.eu/ |date=2012-09-01 }}
*{{IMDb name|id=0637301|name=Jan Novák}}
*[https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=5203&View=Opus List of vocal works]

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