Jiří Družecký

Georg Druschetzky

Jiří Družecký , Germanized Georg Druschetzky , (born April 7, 1745 in Družec near Kladno, according to other sources in Jemníky ; † September 6, 1819 in Buda , according to other sources June 21) was a Czech oboist , timpani virtuoso and composer.

Life

Družecký had been a grenadier in Eger in the 50th regiment since 1762 , which was later transferred to Vienna, Enns, Linz and Braunau. From 1768 to 1774 he worked as a regimental musician and made it up to military bandmaster. From 1777 Družecký was "bestallter Landschaftspauker" in public services in Upper Austria, from which office he also succeeded in promoting musical life in Linz. In 1783 he moved to Vienna, where he became a member of the “Tonkünstler Society”. In 1786 or 1787 he entered the service of Duke Antal Grassalkovich II in Pressburg , and from 1790 he worked as a composer for Prince József Graf Batthyány in Hungary. In 1807 he became the composer of Archduke Joseph Anton Johann and directed his eight-part wind harmony.

Works

Družecký has left an extensive work that includes almost all musical genres (28 symphonies, 150 partitas for wind instruments, 12 string quartets, 11 masses, 2 operas), but has only been partially processed at the moment. Stylistically belonging to the high class, his work is characterized by simple themes and rather sparse implementation. His music is generally strongly oriented towards wind instruments and is indebted to the contemporary taste of harmony music (there are arrangements of Haydn's creation and the seasons as harmony music by him), which is easy to understand due to Družecký's training as an oboist. Družecký also includes rather rare instruments from his environment, such as the hurdy-gurdy , the bagpipe , the dulcimer , the zither , the alphorn and the xylophone on peasant instruments in his Parthia . There are also works for more unusual ensembles such as occasional music for seven kettledrum, a battle symphony for two orchestras, and janissary music .

literature

• Agnes Sas: Chronology of Georg Druschetzki's Works Preserved in his Estate . In: Studia musicologica Academiae scientiarum hungaricae 31, 1989, ISSN  0039-3266 , pp. 161-215.
• Agnes Sas: Georg Druschetzki, Batthyány József hercegprímás zenésze . In: Zenetudományi dolgozatok 1987, ISSN  0139-0732 , pp. 53-73.
• Alexander Weinmann : Georg Druschetzky. A forgotten musician from old Austria. Collection of biographical and bibliographical material. Krenn, Vienna, 1986, ( Wiener Archivstudien 9, ZDB -ID 575760-5 ).
• Othmar Wessely : Georg Druschetzky, the last representative of the “heroic” timpani art in Linz . In home country. Word and image from Upper Austria 4, 1956, pp. 30–31.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Druschetzky, also Druzechi, Georg . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 394 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Georg Druschetzky  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature and other media by and about Jiří Družecký in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Literature by and about Jiří Družecký in the catalog of the German National Library