Key facts
- Born
- ( 1872-07-18 ) 18 July 1872, Prague , Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 25 September 1916 (1916-09-25) (aged 44), Berlin , German Empire
- Notable work
- Entrance of the Gladiators The Florentiner March
- Relatives
- Julius Fučík (nephew)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vilém
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Litoměřice
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Prague Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Notable work
- Entrance of the Gladiators
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Julius Fučík (1872–1916).jpg
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- P8168
- Temeš
- place of burial
- Vinohrady Cemetery
- Commons category
- Julius Fučík (composer)
- date of birth
- 1872-07-18
- date of death
- 1916-09-25
- relative
- Julius Fučík
- birth name
- Julius Arnošt Vilém Fučík
- start of work period
- 1905-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- sarcoma
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Julius Fučík, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Ernst Wilhelm Fučík (Czech: Julius Arnošt Vilém Fučík, Czech pronunciation: [ˈjulɪjus ˈfutʃiːk]; 18 July 1872 – 25 September 1916) was a Czech composer and conductor of military bands. He became a prolific composer, with over 400 marches, polkas and waltzes to his name. As most of his works were for military bands, Fučík is sometimes known as the "Bohemian Sousa".
Today, Fučík's marches are still played as patriotic music in the Czech Republic. His worldwide reputation rests primarily on two works: "Florentiner Marsch", popular throughout much of Europe and the United States, and the "Entrance of the Gladiators" (Vjezd gladiátorů), which is widely recognised, often under the title "Thunder and Blazes", as popular entrance music for circus clowns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Julius Fučík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.