Jan Antonín Koželuh (1738-1814)
- Messa Pastorale | a | 4 Voci
2 Violini | 2 Oboe | 2 Flauti | 2
Clarini | Viola | Organo | e Timpani (1784)
Performers: Magdalena Hajossyova (soprano); Marta Benackova (alto);
Vladimir Dolezal (tenor); Milan Bürger (bass); Kühn Mixed Choir; Prague
Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Kulínský (1959-2018, conductor)
Painting: Rudolf von Alt (1812-1905) - Blick auf die Teynkirche und die Mariensäule am Altstädter Ring zu Prag
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Bohemian teacher, composer and organist, cousin to Leopold Koželuh
(1747-1818). He studied under the Jesuits at Brenitz, as well as Josef
Seger in Prague. He then worked for a short time as Kapellmeister in
Rakovník and cantor in Velvary. Moving to Vienna, he became a pupil of
Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Florian Gassmann. By 1784 he had
returned to Prague to accept a position at the St. Vitus Cathedral as
well as the Strahov Monastery, positions he retained for 30 years. Among
his pupils were Václav Praupner and Leopold Kozeluch; he also taught
composition to his two sons, Wenzel Franz Koželuh (1784-?) and Vinzenz
Emanuel Koželuh (1780-1839), and to his daughter Barbara Koželuh, a
singer and pianist. As a composer, his output includes 45 Masses, a
Requiem, an oratorio, two operas, 98 offertories, 60 sacred arias, 10 Te
Deums, two litanies, four symphonies, and at least three woodwind
concertos. He was one of the most important Bohemian composers in the
second half of the 18th century, and his music was performed well into
the 19th century.
