Franz Xaver showerk
Franz Xaver Duschk (also Franz Xaver Dussek , Czech : František Xaver Dušek ; baptized December 8, 1731 in Chotěborky , † February 12, 1799 in Prague ) was a Bohemian composer and one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time.
life and work
Showerk was trained as a harpsichordist by Georg Christoph Wagenseil in Vienna and settled in Prague as a successful piano teacher around 1770. He composed sonatas , variations and concertos for the harpsichord and piano and several symphonies and string quartets.
Among his students were Leopold Koželuh , Vincenc Mašek and Jan August Vitásek . His future wife Josepha Hambacher (1754–1824, granddaughter of Ignatz Anton von Weiser ) was trained by him and was a famous pianist and singer . In their Villa Bertramka , a country house in Smíchov near Prague, Mozart completed the opera Don Giovanni in 1787 , and possibly also La clemenza di Tito in 1791 as the guest of the Duschk couple .
literature
- Barbara Boisits: Dušek (showerk, Dussek), married couple. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 . (with short biographies of theuchek couple, accessed on January 19, 2020)
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Dussek, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 397 ( digitized version ).
- Václav Jan Sýkora: František Xaver Dušek. Život a dílo . Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, Prague 1958.
- Willi Kahl: showerk, Franz Xaver. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 205 ( digitized version ).
- Tomislav Volek : About the origin of Mozart's opera “La clemenza di Tito” . In: Mozart yearbook 1959, ISSN 0342-0256 , pp. 274–86.
- Eric Gross: Background and Problems for an Historical and Critical Edition of the String Quartets of FX Dušek . In: Miscellanea musicologica 6, 1972, ISSN 0076-9355 , pp. 4-37.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Franz Xaver Duschk in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Franz Xaver Duschk in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Showerk, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dussek, Franz Xaver; Dušek, František Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer, harpsichordist, pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized December 8, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chotěborky near Jaroměř |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1799 |
| Place of death | Prague |