Emil Bezecny (16/02/1868 - 04/01/1930), a Czech music teacher, organizer and composer (from Prague).
He came from a family with a long cultural tradition. His grandfather Josef B. (? 1803–1871) was a teacher and occasional composer. Father Josef B. (1829–1904) studied law in Vienna, but was also a good pianist and a patron of Viennese musical life. From 1858 he worked at the Ministry of Finance and from 1879 sat in the House of Lords. 1885–98 he worked as intendant of the Vienna Court Opera and was instrumental in getting Gustav Mahler to the position of head of the opera. Emil's uncle Antonín B. (1837–after 1907) graduated from the Faculty of Law in Prague in 1864 and worked as an Austrian railway official until 1907. He then lived in Vienna and devoted himself to his musical interests.
B. graduated from the University of Prague in law in 1892. He studied piano privately with Karel Slavkovský in Prague, then studied music history in Vienna with prof. Guido Adler. From 1896 he taught at the German teachers' institute in Prague, from January 1908 he became a professor of pedagogy at the Prague Conservatory. He was fluent in both regional languages ​​and was a member of the state examination board for music teachers. After the nationalization of the conservatory and the enactment of the Czech language of instruction, in 1920 he transferred to the newly founded federal Deutsche Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, which was the German equivalent of the conservatory and its master school. He cooperated with the church's Cyrillic movement. In the editorial series of Cyril magazinepublished several teaching texts for teacher candidates. In addition to teaching, he also became a quality editor of early music. He himself composed several songs and church compositions.