Jan Antonín Koželuh (also Johann Antonin Kozeluch, Koscheluch, Jan Evangelista Antonín Tomáš;[1] 14 December 1738 in Velvary – 3 February 1814 in Prague) was a Czech composer.
Life
editKoželuh was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits in Brenitz. He studied in Vienna under Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Florian Gassmann. In 1784, he became a concert master in St. Vitus Cathedral for thirty years and the organist at the Strahov Monastery. His works includes 45 Masses, a Requiem, an oratorio, two operas, four symphonies, and several woodwind concertos.[2] As one of the most respected Czech composers of his time, he also composed serious Italian operas: Allesandro nell' Indie was performed in 1769 and Demofoonte in 1772.
He was the teacher of his cousin Leopold Koželuch, whose name was originally also Jan Antonin Koželuh, but who changed his name in 1773.[3]
References
edit- ^ Poštolka, Milan (2001). "Kozeluch, Johann Antonin". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ Oboe concerto in F major mentioned at imslp.org Accessed 25 September 2017
- ^ "Leopold Kozeluch | Czech composer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
Bibliography
edit- Van Boer, Bertil H.: Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period, p. 314. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
External links
edit- Operatic Works at operone.de
- brief biography at classical-composers.org
- Free scores by Jan Antonín Koželuh in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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