Václav Tomášek
Václav Tomášek (1774–1850) was a composer, pedagogue and musicologist.
Also recorded as Wenzel Johann Tumaschek · Václav Jan Tomášek · Vaclav Tomasek · Wenzel Tomascheck
Václav Tomášek
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- Full name
- Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek.
- Born
- 1774. · Skuteč.
- Died
- 1850. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire.
- Occupation
- composer, pedagogue, musicologist, opinion journalist and organist.
- Fields
- music composing, composed musical work and music composition.
- Education
- Charles University.
- Teachers
- František Xaver Dušek.
- Languages
- German and Czech.
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Biography
Recorded at birth as Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek. Born at Skuteč in 1774, died in Prague in 1850.
Václav Tomášek studied at Charles University. Training under František Xaver Dušek is recorded. Jan Václav Voříšek, Eduard Hanslick and Alexander Dreyschock are recorded as having studied under Václav Tomášek. The recorded working language is German and Czech. The field of work recorded is music composing, composed musical work and music composition. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, Lied, classical music and piano sonata.
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Skuteč.
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