Jan August Vitásek
Illustration — Jan Augustin Vitásek Jan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek (also Jan Nepomuk Augustin Vitásek, Johann Matthias Wittasek/Wittaschek; February 20, 1770 – December 7, 1839) was a Bohemian composer. Vitásek was born in Hořín. He studied under his father and then under František Xaver Dušek and Leopold Koželuch, the latter of whom he would succeed in the position of music director in 1814 at the Cathedral of St.
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Jan August Vitásek
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- Born
- 1771 · Hořín.
- Died
- 1839 · Prague.
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · organist · pianist
- Fields
- classical music · liturgical music · chamber music · symphonic music
- Teachers
- František Xaver Dušek · Leopold Koželuch
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Illustration — Jan Augustin Vitásek Jan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek (also Jan Nepomuk Augustin Vitásek, Johann Matthias Wittasek/Wittaschek; February 20, 1770 – December 7, 1839) was a Bohemian composer. Vitásek was born in Hořín. He studied under his father and then under František Xaver Dušek and Leopold Koželuch, the latter of whom he would succeed in the position of music director in 1814 at the Cathedral of St.
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Born at Hořín in 1771, died in Prague in 1839.
Training under František Xaver Dušek and Leopold Koželuch is recorded. The field of work recorded is classical music, liturgical music and chamber music.
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- The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. 1996. 978-0674372993.
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