Johann Nepomuk von Chotek

Count Johann Nepomuk Joseph Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin (born February 24, 1773 in Vienna , † April 8, 1824 in Prague ) was a Bohemian nobleman and patron of the arts.

Life

He was the eldest son of Count Johann Rudolph Chotek von Chotkow , and his brothers included Ferdinand Maria Chotek von Chotkow and Karl Chotek von Chotkow . On October 12, 1799, he married the daughter of Count Heinrich Franz von Rottenhan , Isabella Rottenhan (1774-1817) in Vienna , with whom he founded the first line of Count Chotek . His possessions included the Bohemian goods Gemnischt (Czech. Jemniště ) and Popowitz (Czech. Popovice ) near Jitschin . He spent most of the winter and spring in Prague, but in November 1807 he accepted the post of a Lower Austrian government councilor in Vienna, where he had his permanent residence until June 1812. Then he returned to Prague. After the death of his wife he devoted himself more to charitable work. In March 1824 he became infected with scarlet fever in a poor kitchen and died shortly afterwards.

Chotek kept a diary from May 24, 1804 to March 31, 1824 , in which he recorded numerous encounters with important artists, including Joseph Haydn , Ludwig van Beethoven and Carl Maria von Weber . The original is in the possession of the Státní oblastní archiv v Praze (State Regional Archives Prague).

literature

• Rita Steblin , Weber notes of a Prague nobleman: Johann Nepomuk von Chotek's diaries 1813–1823 in relation to Carl Maria von Weber , in: Weberiana , Volume 19 (2009)
• Rita Steblin, The repertoire of the Hofmusikkapelle (1808–1812) as cited in Johann Nepomuk Chotek's diary , in: Schubert. Perspektiven , Volume 9 (2009), pp. 90-107
• Beethoven in the Diaries of Johann Nepomuk Chotek , ed. by Rita Steblin, Bonn: Verlag Beethoven-Haus 2013 (= publications of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn , series IV, writings on Beethoven research , volume 24)