Václav Plachý
Václav Plachý (born September 4, 1785 in Klopotowice ( Moravia ), † July 7, 1858 in Vienna ) was an organist , composer and music teacher of Moravian origin who worked in Vienna .
life and work
Václav Plachý's father died early, so that he grew up with his uncle Antonín Plachý , an organist, in Dub nad Moravou in the Czech Republic and was also trained musically by him. He later moved to Vienna, where he worked as a piano teacher. In 1811 he took over the position of organist at the Piarist Church in Vienna , which he held until his death.
Plachý composed sacred music, including a mass in B flat major, as well as numerous piano works, often of a didactic nature. Plachý also provided a variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli , who had inspired a total of 50 contemporary composers to each produce a variation on a self-composed waltz, which was published under the title " Vaterländischer Künstlerverein "; Beethoven processed the theme in his own Diabelli variations .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Plachy, Wenzel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 387 f. ( Digitized version ).
- A. Myslík: Plachý, Václav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 113.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plachý, Václav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plachy, Wenceslaus; Plachy, Wenceslas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moravian organist, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klopotowice |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1858 |
| Place of death | Vienna |