František Xaver Dušek (1731-1799) - Sinfonia in C ()

Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám František Xaver Dušek! 📯🎻 Composer: František Xaver Dušek (1731-1799) Work: Sinfonia in C () Performers: Czech Chamber Philharmonic; Vοjtěch Spurný (conductor) Sinfonia in C () 1. Adagio maestoso, allegro spirituoso 0:00 2. Andante 3:30 3. Menuetto, trio, menuetto 6:56 4. Allegro assai 9:51 Engraving: Martin Tyroff (1704-1759) und Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748) - Prospect des so genannten Wallischen Platzes in der Königl. klein Stadt Prag HD image: Map: Matthaus Seutter (1678-1757) - Pragae Metropolis regni Bohemiae (1730) HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- František (Franz) Xaver Dušek [Duschek, Duscheck, Dussek] (Chotěborky, bap. 8 December 1731 - Prague, 12 February 1799) Bohemian composer, pianist and music teacher. The son of a peasant, he was enabled by his patron, Count Johann Karl Sporck, to attend the Jesuit Gymnasium at Hradec Králové. Later he was sent to Prague to study under Franz Habermann and subsequently Vienna under Georg Christoph Wagenseil. In 1770 he returned to Prague where he was associated with the musical establishments of Counts Pachta and Clam- Gallas, in addition to making a living teaching and composing. The most outstanding of his pupils were Leopold Kozeluch, Jan Vitásek and Vincenc Mašek. On 21 October 1776 he was married to Josefa Hambacher (1754-1824), a mezzo-soprano highly appreciated for the sonority, range and flexibility of her voice, for her musicianship, and superb execution of both bravura arias and recitatives. As a composer, Dušek was known for its elaborate structures and short development sections. His works include 37 symphonies, five serenades, nine concertos (almost all for fortepiano), four sinfonia concertantes, 37 parthies, 21 trios, 14 keyboard sonatas for four hands, eight keyboard sonatas, and five songs. Other works, particularly those for the voice and church, have issues of attribution.