Janez Baptist Novak
Janez Baptist Novak (also Janez Krstnik Novak ; * around 1756 in Laibach ; † January 29, 1833 ibid) was a Slovenian composer .
Novak was one of the founders of the Laibach Philharmonic Society, where he was music director from 1808 to 1825.
A cantata and incidental music in the style of Mozart have survived from his compositions .
literature
- D. Cvetko: Janez Baptist Novak, a Slovenian follower of Mozart , Vienna 1956
- Th. Antonicek: Novak Janez. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 164.
- In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 183, volume 4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Novak, Janez Baptist |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Novak, Janez Krstnik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laibach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1833 |
| Place of death | Laibach |