EBEN, PETR

(22 January 1929, Žamberk, Czech)

   Composer who wrote Missa Adventus et Quadrasisimae (1950) expressing "the fight of our citizens for their faith and freedom, the fight of the church for her existence," the Prague Te Deum (1989) in thanks for the Velvet Revolution, and simpler works written to encourage congregational participation (e.g., Trouvere Mass [1968], Missa cum Populo [1982]). (at)