Bohumir Pokorny

Composer and choirmaster, born in Moravia 1877, deceased 1968. Pokorný first studied music between 1895 and 1897 at the Brno Organ School conducted by Janáček. At the end of his studies, Pokorný became choirmaster in the small town of Telč. Pokorný as a composer became interested in folk music and harmonized many Moravian and Slovak songs for choir.