Jára Beneš

Real name: Jaroslav Beneš
Born: June 5, 1897
Died: April 10, 1949
Country: Czech Republic
IPI: 00002682609 7 works
Affiliation: AKM
Comments: Composer of operettas like Na tý louce zelený and Auf der grünen Wiese, film music and schlagers, who was very succesfull in the 1920s and 1930s in the German-speaking world. He married a German woman and showed sympathy for the Nazi ideas, which made him persona non grata in post-war Czechoslovakia. He spent his last days as a pianist in a wine bar in Vienna.

Songs written by Jára Beneš

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Já bych chtěl mít tvé foto	Karel Tobis, Václav Špilar, Jára Beneš, Václav Mírovský			Covered by (9 artists)
Když hvězdy svítí	Karel Tobis, Václav Špilar, Jára Beneš, Václav Mírovský			Covered by (2 artists)
Na tý louce zelený	Karel Tobis, Václav Špilar, Jára Beneš, Václav Mírovský			Covered by (3 artists)
Přednosta stanice	Jára Beneš, Ladislav Brom	Vlasta Burian	1941	Covered by (4 artists)
Už, už, už	Karel Tobis, Václav Špilar, Jára Beneš, Václav Mírovský			Covered by (2 artists)
Venoušku, venoušku	Karel Tobis, Václav Špilar, Jára Beneš, Václav Mírovský			Covered by (2 artists)