Classification · German and Austrian area
1729 – 1774
Brüx (Bohemia) - Vienna
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Born in Bohemia and formed in Italy, he succeeded as an opera composer in Venice before being called Vienna in 1763 as a court ballet composer. In 1772 he became master of Imperial chapel.
In 1771 he founded the Tonkünstler-Societät, a charity for the widows and orphans of the musicians. He took with him to Vienna the young Antonio Salieri, whom he formed and protected. He died prematurely after a fall of his carriage.
Main works
- Opera L'amore artigiano (1767)
- Opera La contessina (1770)
- Oratory La Betulia liberata (1772)
- String quarters and quintets
- Symphonies
- Réquiem (unfinished)
