Vincenc Tuček

František Vincenc Tuček , also Vinzenz Tuczek ( February 2, 1755 in Prague - November 2, 1820 in Budapest ) was a Czech singer , conductor and composer.

Life

Tuček began his career as a singer and as a conductor in the Hyberner House and went as a harpsichordist on the national stage in Prague. In 1797 he became court conductor with the Duke of Courland , Peter von Biron in Sagan and Náchod . In 1799 he went to Breslau as Kapellmeister . From 1806 to 1809 he worked at the Leopoldstadt Theater in Vienna and then in Budapest . He composed operas , operettas and musical plays , symphonies and instrumental concerts as well as church music.

His son was the musician and composer František Tuček (1782-1850), his daughter Leopoldine Tuček (1821-1883) an opera singer.

Constantin von Wurzbach : Tuczek, Vincenz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 48th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1883, p. 76 f. ( Digitized version ).
Robert Eitner: Tuczek, Vincenz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 776.
Michael Jahn / Christian Fastl: Tuczek (Tuček, Tutschek), family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Kutsch / Riemens: Large song dictionary . Unchanged edition., KG Saur , Bern, 1993, third volume supplementary volume, p. 1022, ISBN 3-907820-70-3 (3 volumes)

↑ According to Wurzbach and Kutsch-Riemens, the OeML states 1773. Rather unlikely as his son was born in 1782.

personal data
SURNAME	Tuček, Vincenc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tuček, František Vincenc (full name); Tuczek, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech singer, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	November 2, 1820
Place of death	Budapest