Jan Novak
Biography:
Jan Novak (1921-1984) was a Czech composer of classical music. He composed
Schola Cantans (1998),
Exercitia mythological (1968), and
Vernalis temporis symphonia (1982), and music for films. Rafael Kubelik conducted Novak's arrangements of
Dido and
Mimus Magicus for the recording Vergil's Dido and Mimus Magicus (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1997).