František Ignác Tůma

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František Tůma ( Balzer after Anton Hickel )

František Ignác Tůma ( Franz Seraf Ignaz Anton Tuma , born October 2, 1704 in Adlerkosteletz , † January 30, 1774 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian composer .

After his training in Prague, Tůma became a gambist at the court of Count Franz Ferdinand Kinsky , with whom he went to Vienna around 1727 as Kapellmeister. In 1742 he became conductor of the widow Empress Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . After her death in 1750, he lived on his pension. In 1768 he joined the Premonstratensian Abbey in Geras .

He composed more than fifty masses , a stabat mater and numerous sonatas, partitas and symphonies.

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Tuma, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 48th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1883, pp. 105–107 ( digitized version ).
  • Wilhelm Bäumker:  Tuma, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 781 f.
  • Herbert Vogg: Franz Tuma (1704–1774) as an instrumental composer along with contributions to the history of Viennese music in the 18th century (the court orchestra of the Empress widow Elizabeth Christine) . Phil. Diss., Vienna, 1951.
  • Theodore M. Klinka: The choral music of Franz Ignaz Tuma. With a practical edition of selected choral works . Bell & Howell, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1975 (also dissertation, University of Iowa 1975)

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SURNAME Tůma, František Ignác
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuma, Franz Seraf Ignaz Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1704
PLACE OF BIRTH Kostelec nad Orlicí
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1774
Place of death Vienna