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Karel Pippich
Karel
Pippich
was a
Czech
lawyer
,
Sokol
organizer
and
writer
.
Works
Vlasty skon: Dramatická báseň o třech jednáních, určená
pro
drama
- this drama, "The
Death
of Vlasta", is
connected
to the
myths
of
Vlasta
, Libuše's
handmaid
and
Šárka
, the
mythical
warrior-maiden of
Bohemia
, a
character
in
The Maidens' War
. The drama was first offered as the
basis
of an
opera
to
Dvořák
, who initially showed
interest
but later
turned
it down, and Pippich offered it to a
pupil
of
Fibich
,
Otakar Ostrčil
who created the opera
The Death of Vlasta
in
1903
.