Jan dismas zelenka biography books
Jan Dismas Zelenka: A Bohemian Musician at the Court of Dresden (Oxford Monographs on Music) ; Hardcover, pages ; ISBN, ; ISBN,
This volume presents insights into Zelenka's life and his music and the brilliant context in which he worked - the Dresden court during the reigns of the Kings..
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Czech composer (1679–1745)
Jan Dismas Zelenka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 October 1679 Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 23 December 1745(1745-12-23) (aged 66) Dresden, Holy Roman Empire |
| Resting place | Old Catholic Cemetery Dresden, Stadtkreis Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Performer, Violonist, Musician |
| Era | Baroque |
Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka[1] was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period.
His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
Zelenka was raised in Central Bohemia, educated in Prague and Vienna, and spent his professional life in Dresden. The greatest success during his career was the performance of the extensive composition Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis in the presence of the Emperor Charles VI, shortly after his coronation as king of Bohemia in 1723.
