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purity of style, instrumental virtuosity, and unbelievable improvisational skills. As an organist, he concertized with major orchestras and as a solo artist in many European countries, Canada and the USA. He had an immense repertoire, and, in addition, he could improvise in any style from any period; during his performances he often improvised on four or more random tones taken from the audience. As a composer, Aleš favored a strong melody line and stressed melodiousness and creativity. Already as a young boy, before he knew anything about improvisation, he enjoyed “dreaming” at th...

The purpose of this article is to introduce a Czech post-modernist composer, pianist and organist Aleš Jermář to our readers and bring his work to the attention of music institutions such as, for example, the library of the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague, which would be interested in obtaining the collection of his music for their archives.  Aleš Jermář graduated from Prague Conservatory and Academy of Musical Arts (AMU). Afterwards, between 1955 and 1964, he worked as a staff composer and musical director in Czechoslovak film and television. He collaborated with the finest artist...