A native of Moravia, the Czech violinist and composer František Drdla studied in Prague and Vienna, serving as a violinist at the Vienna Court Opera and then as leader of the orchestra at the Theater an der Wien.

Violin Music

Drdla contributed to the repertoire of Viennese operetta and wrote a Violin Concerto, but is principally remembered for lighter violin pieces, part of his stock-in-trade as a solo performer.