Musil

Musil is a Czech surname which may refer to:

in music:

  • Bartolo Musil (?, Klagenfurt), an Austrian young musician, singer (baritone) and composer
  • Erich Musil (1906–1968), German tenor singer
  • František Musil (1852, Prague - 1908), organist and composer

in writing:

  • Alois Musil (Rychtářov, nearby Vyškov - 1944, Otryby, nearby Český Šternberk), a Czech explorer, orientalist and writer
  • Robert Musil (1880 - 1942), Austrian writer.

in film:

  • Donna Musil, an independent female filmmaker

in sports:

  • Bohumil Musil (1922, Prague - 1999), Czechoslovak footballer and football coach
  • Cyril Musil (1907 - 1977), Czechoslovakian cross country skier
  • František "Frank" Musil (born 1964), ice hockey player and assistant coach
  • Horst Musil (born 1971), Austrian footballer and footballe trainer
  • Jaromír Musil, Czech judoka
  • Josef Musil (born 1932), a Czech volleyball player
  • Radek Musil, Czech handball player
  • Roman Musil, Czech athlete

other:

  • Jana Musilová (cs)
  • Roman Musil

Famous quotes containing the word musil:

    Scientific reason, with its strict conscience, its lack of prejudice, and its determination to question every result again the moment it might lead to the least intellectual advantage, does in an area of secondary interest what we ought to be doing with the basic questions of life.
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)

    Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression.
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)

    Wordsworth’s particular grace, his charisma, as theologians say, has been granted in equal measure to so very few men since time was—to Plato and who else?
    The crucial thing is never what we do, but always what we do right after that. What matters is always the next step!
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)