Jan Antonín Koželuh
Illustration — Portrait of Koželuh by Josef Mukařovský Jan Antonín Koželuh (also Johann Antonin Kozeluch, Koscheluch, Jan Evangelista Antonín Tomáš; 14 December 1738 – 3 February 1814) was a Czech composer.
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Jan Antonín Koželuh
Josef Mukařovský · Světozor, year 1872, issue 35, digitized by Czech Academy of Sciences · Public domain
- Born
- 1738 · Velvary.
- Died
- 1814 · Prague.
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · music educator · organist
- Fields
- classical music · opera · liturgical music
- Teachers
- Florian Leopold Gassmann · Josef Seger · Christoph Willibald von Gluck · Johann Adolf Hasse
- Languages
- Czech
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Illustration — Portrait of Koželuh by Josef Mukařovský Jan Antonín Koželuh (also Johann Antonin Kozeluch, Koscheluch, Jan Evangelista Antonín Tomáš; 14 December 1738 – 3 February 1814) was a Czech composer.
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Training under Florian Leopold Gassmann, Josef Seger and Christoph Willibald von Gluck is recorded. Josef Proksch, Václav Praupner and Josef Karel Ambrož are recorded as having studied under Jan Antonín Koželuh. The recorded working language is Czech. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music, opera and liturgical music.
Koželuh was born on 14 December 1738 in Velvary, Bohemia. He was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits. 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. 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 Antonín Koželuh, but who changed his name in 1773. Koželuh died on 3 February 1814 in Prague.
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1738
Jan Antonín Koželuh born at Velvary.
1814
Jan Antonín Koželuh died at Prague.
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- 1.Poštolka, Milan. Kozeluch, Johann Antonin.
- 2.Oboe concerto in F major mentioned at imslp.org Accessed 25 September 2017
- 3.Leopold Kozeluch Czech composer. Encyclopædia Britannica.
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- Van Boer, Bertil H.: Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period, p. 314. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
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He trained under Florian Leopold Gassmann, Josef Seger, Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Johann Adolf Hasse. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Jan Antonin Kozeluh and Jan Antonin Kozeluch. His recorded language was Czech. Other recorded relations include Leopold Koželuch and Catherina Cibbini-Koželuch.
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