Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann

He worked briefly as a finance clerk in Kroměříž before deciding to study theology at Olomouc.

In the meantime, he also joined the faculty of the Prague Conservatory, where he would teach from 1917 to 1944 and again briefly after the war.

His notable pupils were Jiří Ropek, Bedřich Janáček, and Josef Černocký.

Wiedermann gained great reputation as an organist, he performed in England (1924), New York City (1924), Germany (1925), Sweden (1926), and Belgium (1935).

[1] His compositional output comprises 350 opus numbers of varied instrumentation and vocal formations.