Karel Blažej Kopřiva
Karel Blažej Kopřiva (also: Karl Blasius Kopřiva ; born February 9, 1756 in Zittolieb ; † May 15, 1785 ibid) was a Bohemian organist and composer .
Life
Kopřiva studied first with his father, the cantor and composer Václav Jan Kopřiva (1708–1789), and later with Josef Seger in Prague . He then worked as his father's assistant and organist in his birthplace and composed several masses , including a Missa solemnis , organ fugues and concerts, symphonies and arias. A Missa pastoralis has come down to us from his father .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Koprziwa, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 445 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Zdeněk Šesták: Cítoliby. Středisko českého hudebního klasicismu . In: Hudební rozhledy 39, 1986, pp. 43-46, ISSN 0018-6996 .
- Zdeňka Pilková: Doba osvícenského absolutismu (1740-1810) . In: Jaromír Černý: Hudba v českých dějinách. Od středověku do nové doby . 2nd supplemented edition. Editio Supraphon, Prague 1989, pp. 211-284, especially: 246, 248, 255, 272-274, ISBN 80-7058-163-8 .
- Zdeněk Šesták: Musica Antiqua Citolibensis , Cítoliby and Louny 2009, pp. 25–36, 88–107, ISBN 978-80-904113-2-6 .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Karel Blažej Kopřiva in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Karel Blažej Kopřiva in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Karel Blažej Kopřiva in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kopřiva, Karel Blažej |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kopřiva, Karl Blasius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittolieb |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1785 |
| Place of death | Zittolieb |