Jan Zach

Jan Zach

Jan Zach , also Johann Zach , (baptized November 26, 1713 at Brandeis an der Elbe ; † May 24, 1773 in Ellwangen ) was a Czech composer and conductor .

Life

Zach applied to be music director for St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague , but was not accepted. In 1747 he left the city and hired himself out as a successor to Johann Ondratschek († April 26, 1743), who had also come from Bohemia, as a violinist and conductor for the Archbishop of Mainz Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein .

From 1756 he was without a permanent job and stayed on his travels through Europe, mainly Italy, Germany and Austria, by selling his compositions . Zach's early works are based on baroque music , while later he approached the newly emerging pre-classical music .

Recordings

• Jan Zach: Complete Works for Strings. ARS production Schumacher, 1990 (FCD 368 413)
• Jan Zach: Sacred music. Arte Nova, 1997 (CD 74321 54241 2)

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Zach, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1890, p. 73 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Rudolf Müller:  Zach, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 615.
• Klaus-Bernward Springer:  ZACH, Johann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1549-1553.
• Franz Gratl:  Zach, Jan. In: MGG Online (subscription required).

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Jan Zach in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Works by and about Jan Zach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Jan Zach  in the German Digital Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Jan Zach in the International Music Score Library Project