František Jiránek
František Jiránek (born July 24, 1698 in Lomnitz an der Popelka , † June 15, 1778 in Dresden ) was a Bohemian composer of the late Baroque.
Life
František Jiránek, a hitherto largely unknown composer, was born as a child of Count Wenceslaus Morzin's servants. Like his parents, he was initially employed by the Count. This enabled him to spend three years in Venice between 1724 and 1726 to study with Antonio Vivaldi or himself. The fact that Count Morzin was the dedicatee of Vivaldi's op. 8 (which contains the well-known “Four Seasons”) and commissioned several bassoon concertos by the Venetian suggests this.
From 1726 Jiránek was back in Prague as a member of the Morzin Chapel. In this chapel, among others, Antonín Reichenauer and, for a short time, Johann Friedrich Fasch had a job. After the Count's death in 1737, he left Prague and found a job in the chapel of the Saxon Prime Minister Heinrich von Brühl in Dresden. Jiránek retired after von Brühl's death in 1763 and lived in Dresden until his death in 1778.
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Jiránek's traditional compositions are exclusively instrumental works, violin sonatas, trio sonatas, symphonias and concertos, the style of which confirms the assumption that he was a student of Vivaldi. Nevertheless, Jiránek managed to give his works a certain personal, bohemian character.
Discography
- In 2010 a CD with several first recordings by Jiránek by the Czech ensemble "Collegium Marianum", soloists a. a. Marina Katarzhnova (violin).
- 2016 Concerti by Jiránek and Vivaldi, “Collegium Marianum”, soloists including Xenia Löffler (oboe), Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), label Supraphon.
Web links
- Literature by and about František Jiránek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about František Jiránek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Sheet music and audio files by František Jiránek in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Collegium Marianum révèle les Concertos et Sinfonias de Frantisek Jiránek, online at: www.passee-des-arts.over-blog.com
- ↑ Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová: František Jiránek - Concertos & Sinfonias, online at: blog.codaex.de ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on: www.collegiummarianum.cz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jiránek, František |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giraneck, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian composer of the late baroque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lomnitz an der Popelka |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1778 |
| Place of death | Dresden |