Heřman Antonín Jelínek
Heřman Antonín Jelínek (also: Hermann Anton Gelinek ; born August 8, 1709 in Hořiněves , † December 5, 1779 in Milan ) was a Czech composer and violin virtuoso.
Life
Jelínek entered the Premonstratensian monastery in Seelau in 1728 . He studied in Vienna and was ordained a priest there. After his return, Jelínek became a violinist, organist and choirmaster of the Seelau monastery. The church music activity did not fulfill Jelínek, twice he escaped from the monastery and performed publicly. From 1760 he lived as a violin virtuoso in Paris and performed a. a. before Louis XV on. He then toured Italy, where he used the stage name Cervetti . He composed church music, sonatas and violin concertos. A large part of the manuscripts of his sacred compositions is in the Želiv monastery .
His brother Jan Jelínek (* around 1710 in Hořiněves, † around 1780 in Prague ) was a Czech organist and composer. He worked as an organist in various churches in Prague. A volume of lute music from him has survived. His church music works have been lost.
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music . Volume 3: Hauff - Menalt . Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07833-1 , p. 205.
- Moritz Fürstenau : Gelinek, Hermann Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 543.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jelínek, Heřman Antonín |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gelinek, Hermann Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer and violin virtuoso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1709 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hořiněves |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1779 |
| Place of death | Milan |