Franz Nikolaus Novotny
Franz Nikolaus Novotny (also Novotný, Novittni, Novotni, Nowotny) (6 December 1743, Eisenstadt, Kingdom of Hungary – 25 August 1773) was an Austrian organist and composer of Bohemian descent at the Esterházy court in Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt. Novotny's grandfather had served at the court as a bass singer; his father, Johann Novotný (1718–1765), a pupil of Gregor Werner, was also a court organist. Franz Nikolaus succeeded his father in that post on 30 August 1765, having before worked in the court treasury.
Franz Nikolaus Novotny
- Born
- 1743 · Eisenstadt.
- Died
- 1773 · Eisenstadt.
- Occupation
- organist · composer · musician
- Movements
- Baroque music
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He composed mainly church music and his work was esteemed by Joseph Haydn.
• "Prelude in G major", "Prelude in D minor", on Historical Organs in Hungary
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- 1."Novotný, Franz Nikolaus" by Camillo Schoenbaum, Grove Music Online
- 2.Novotny, Franz Nikolaus: Small Preludes for Organ.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Novotny, Franz Nikolaus: Small Preludes for Organ.
- Milan Poštolka: Joseph Haydn a naše hudba 18. století (Joseph Haydn and 18th-century Czech music) (Prague, 1961)
- Ulrich Tank: Studien zur Esterházyschen Hofmusik von etwa 1620 bis 1790 (Regensburg, 1981)
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