Josef Bárta
Josef Bárta , also Joseph Bartha , Barrta or Bartta (* 1744 in Prague , † June 13, 1787 in Vienna ) was a Czech composer .
Bárta lived as a priest and organist in the Salvator Church in Prague until 1770 . Then he moved to Vienna. In addition to three operas and a singspiel , piano sonatas , string quartets and 13 symphonies have come down to us from Bárta . His other works are considered lost.
Stage works
- La Diavolessa after Carlo Goldoni , Burgtheater , July 18, 1772
- It is not advisable to try a comic opera by Gottlieb Stephanie the Elder . J., Burgtheater , August 8, 1778
- The noble day laborer , Singspiel by Joseph Weidmann, Burgtheater , March 28, 1780
- Il mercato di Malmantile , dramma giocoso, libretto by Francesco Bussani, after Goldoni, Burgtheater , 1784
Instrumental works
- 13 symphonies
- 18 string quartets
- 9 sonatas for fortepiano / clavicembalo
- Parthia ex in do magg (for two oboes, two horns and two bassoons)
literature
- Hellmut Federhofer : The thundering legion of Joseph Barta . In: Rainer Cadenbach , Helmut Loos (Hrsg.): Contributions to the history of the oratorio since Handel . Festschrift Günther Massenkeil for his 60th birthday . Voggenreiter, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-8024-0146-8 , pp. 135-150.
- Jaromír Havlík: Antonína Laubeho a Josefa Bárty symphony . Prague 1975, (dissertation).
- Camillo Schoenbaum: The Bohemian Musicians in Vienna's Music History from Baroque to Romanticism . In: Studien zur Musikwissenschaft (StMw) 25, 1962, ISSN 0930-9578 , pp. 475–495, (Festschrift for Erich Schenk ).
Web links
- Works by and about Josef Bárta in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Narrated in Prague, Narodni Muzeum (Milada Rutová).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bárta, Josef |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bartha, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bohemian composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1744 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1787 |
Place of death | Vienna |