Karel Svoboda
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Czech composer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Karel Svoboda was a Czech composer of popular music. He wrote music for many TV series in the 1970s. Works Karel Svoboda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and began his career as a pop composer after abandoning medicine in his third year of university. He became a member of the rock band "Mefisto" in 1963 where he played piano. Later, he composed music for the Laterna Magika theatre in Prague and for many Czech singers. In 1969 he wrote a song titled "Lady Carneval" for Karel Gott, a major Czech pop star. Svoboda wrote a total of 80 songs for Gott, including and "Die Biene Maja". His long-time collaborator was lyricist .
