Kafka composer dies, at 78

Kafka composer dies, at 78

RIP

norman lebrecht

June 07, 2022

The Czech composer Jaromir Vogel, who wrote for all genres in an expressive Jewish style, died on June 2.

After a 1960s start in the 40-piece rock band Heaven’s Angels, he gravitated towards Jewish tradition, composing a Mass Missa Ecumenica for the Czech Symphony Orchestra in Hebrew and Czech interspersed with Latin and Orthodox liturgical texts.

He was a holder of the Franz Kafka diploma.

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