Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba (1765-1815)
- Missa Pastoralis in C 'Missa In Nativitate Domine In Nocte' a
Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso, Violini 2ae, Flauto et Fagotto Solo, Clarino
Principale, Tympani con Organo
Performers: Daniel Straková (soprano); Tatána Kopalová (contralto);
Stefаn Mаrgitа (tenor); Peter Mikulás (bass);
The New Czech Chamber Orchestra; Coro di Praga; Jiri Belohlavek
(1946-2017, conductor)
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Bohemian composer and teacher. Son of Jakub Ryba (1732-1792), a cantor
(schoolmaster) and organist who worked at Rožmitál, Přeštice and
Nepomuk, and probably also a composer, he studying with his father at
Nepomuk. In 1780 he settled in Prague where he studied at the Priarist
Gymnasium. On 11 February 1788 he was appointed assistant teacher and on
23 May 1788 cantor and church choirmaster at Rožmitál in a post he held
the rest of his life. He was a dedicated promoter of Enlightened
education policies promulgated by Imperial legates such as Ferdinand
Kindermann, but the struggle may have proved too much for he committed
suicide in 1815. Although known only locally, he was one of the most
prominent 18th-century Bohemian cantors; though he devoted himself
assiduously to his teaching duties, he wrote a large number of
compositions. These include 90 Masses, seven responsories, 100 motets,
six operas, 31 Bohemian sacred songs and 30 secular songs, 50 sacred
arias, 50 pastorellas, 87 symphonies, seven quintets, 72 quartets, 48
trios, 56 duos, 38 sonatas, and 35 miscellaneous secular works, as well
as over 650 dances. He also wrote hymn texts, didactic poetry and prose,
occasional and gratulatory poems, and translated Latin and Greek works
into Czech.
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