Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Václav Smetá ek (30 September 1906 in Brno 18 February 1986 in Prague) was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist.He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav K i ka, conducting with Metod Dole il and Pavel D de ek, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University. He was the founder and member of the Prague Wind Quintet (1928), with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it.