Aloys [Alois] Hnilicka (21/03/1826 - 10/11/1909), a Czech composer, born in Usti nad Orlici (Wildenschwert, Bohemia), died in Chrudim, Czechoslovakia. Organist, studied in Prague in 1842-43, and in 1849 became organist of the principal church of his native town. He composed an oratorio with Bohemian words, Ztraceny raj (Paradise lost) ; 3 Requiems, 10 Masses, and other church music ; 7 quartets, etc.