From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karel Duba
Karel Duba
Karel Duba (29 September 1929, Písek – 21 August 1968, [2] ^ "Two Forty Years Old August Tragedies".
Ulan Bator, Mongolia) was a Czech guitarist, composer Praha.eu - Portal of Prague. http://www.praha.eu/
and bandleader. Duba was one of the first musicians to jnp/en/extra/Year_68/august/
play electric guitar in Czechoslovakia.[1] During his ca- two_forty_years_old_august_tragedies.html.
reer, he collaborated with important exponents of Czech Retrieved 2009-11-23.
jazz and pop music. He died on a concert tour in Mongo- [3] Ptáčková, Zuzana (2008). "Karel Vágner: Jsem
lia.[2] fatalista". Televize.cz. http://www.televize.cz/
scripts/detail.php?id=43078. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
Biography ("Karel Duba, člověk, který jako první hrál v této zemi na
elektrickou kytaru...") (Czech)
During German occupation of Czechoslovakia Duba be- [4] Vavroušek (2006), pp. 16-17.
gan to appear at stage as a guitarist with dance orches-
tras. Following the liberation he performed as a member
of various ensembles, The Film Symphonic Orchestra
References
(FISYO) among others.[1] At the beginning of the 1960s he • Vavroušek, Jaroslav; Kolařík, Ivo (2006). 50
formed his own professional band. The ensemble used el- přerovských bardů a putování Přerovem 20. století slovem
ements of jazz, rock and country in their compositions. a obrazem. Přerov: VA-KO. pp. 16–18.
Karel Duba Ensemble was also the first Czech music group http://www.rosmus.cz/dokumenty/va-
experimenting with electric guitars.[1] A member of the ko-50-prerovskych-bardu.pdf. (Testimony of
ensemble and later successful songwriter and band- František Živný, a founding member of the Karel
leader, bass-guitarist Karel Vágner, even called Duba the Duba Ensemble, pp. 16–18) (Czech)
"first Czech who played electric guitar".[3]
In the 1960s, Duba’s band accompanied popular Czech
singers, such as Josef Laufer, Karel Gott, Yvonne
External links
Přenosilová, Karel Hála, Hana Hegerová and Josef Zíma. • Český hudební slovník (Czech Music Dictionary)
They also recorded vinyl records for a major Czechoslo- • Karel Duba Band - line-ups, discography
vak label Supraphon[1] and performed on concert tours • František Rychtařík Music Center
both in Czechoslovakia and abroad. Persondata
On 19 August 1968, the Karel Duba Ensemble, accom- Name Duba, Karel
panied with other musicians, travelled to play in Mongo-
lia. On 21 August, the group decided to visit the Monument Alternative names
to Soviet Liberators in Ulan Bator. They went by bus, and Short description
according to the testimony of František Živný, a found- Date of birth 29 September 1929
ing member of the band, the chauffeur had considerable
Place of birth
problems with driving.[4] According to his report, the
brakes of the bus apparently failed in the upper part of Date of death 21 August 1968
a hill, and the bus began to back up to the left shoulder Place of death
of the road. Following that, the uncontrolled bus fell in-
to an abyss. Six members of the expedition, including the
bandleader Karel Duba, were found dead.[2]
Notes
[1] ^ Poledňák, Ivan (1990). "Duba, Karel". Faculty of
Arts, Masaryk University, Brno.
http://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/
index.php?option=com_mdictionary&action=record_detail&id=1000002.
Retrieved 2009-11-23. (Czech)
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• Czech songwriters
• 1929 births
• 1968 deaths
• People from Písek
• Road accident deaths in Mongolia
• Masaryk University faculty
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