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Spanish composer and instrumentist. Nothing is known about his year of
birth and youth. By 1725 he was documented as timpanist in the Real
Caballería (Royal Cavalry) located in Madrid. In 1736 he was documented
as trumpetist there. In 1749 he was appointed, by Fernando VI,
trumpetist in the Royal Chapel of Madrid in a post he held at least
until 1762. After that year his trace was lost and some sources
indicated he had moved to New Spain but no evidences extant. This was
due to the fact his 'Sinfonía en Re mayor' was found in the school
archive of the Santa Rosa, Michoacán (México).
German violinist and composer. He received his first lessons as a
choirboy and when he was 12 studied violin in the Baden court. In 1750
he entered the Benedictine monastery in Ettenheimmünster, where he met
and studied with Johann Stamitz. He later joined him in Mannheim and
received further lessons from Leopold Mozart. After completing
theological studies, he was ordained priest in 1759 and later held many
positions in the monastery, including those of choir director (1761-73)
and prior (1781). As a composer, he mainly wrote sacred music, among
them, the collections 'XXXII hymni vespertini' (1764), 'XV offertoria'
(1766), 'Geistliche Arien' (1769) and a Missa de nativitate. In his
later years he was praised as one of the best violinists and church
composers in the Upper Rhine valley.
Bohemian composer and violinist. Born on the Wallenstein estate, he
attended the Patris Piares College in Slaný before moving to Prague to
attend university in law beginning in 1751. When he decided to dedicate
his life to music, he was sent by Count Vincent of Waldstein to Padua to
study with Giuseppe Tartini. By 1765 he had made London his residence,
performing frequently as a musician in the royal chambers with
colleagues Carl Friedrich Abel and Johann Christian Bach. He frequently
toured England as a soloist, and he had a reputation for performing
adagios in a fine, sensitive manner. He composed exclusively
instrumental works, mostly for strings: violin sonatas, duos, string
trios, quartets and violin concertos, as well as sinfonias and
divertimentos, where he also used wind instruments. In his time he was a
very successful composer, as is indicated by the number of works he
published and their numerous re-editions. Most of his works were
published between 1770 and 1777 in London, Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague
and Berlin.
Austrian composer and choirmaster, son of the composer and violinist
Josef Malzat (1723-1760). He attended the grammar school in
Kremsmünster, where he was a chorister and possibly also a cellist. He
was subsequently a teacher in the abbeys of Stams in the Tyrol (1778–80)
and Lambach in Upper Austria (1781), a member of the church choir in
Bozen (now Bolzano) (1780–81), household musician in Schwaz (1784) and
finally choirmaster in the university church in Innsbruck (1786–7). His
instrumental works in particular enjoyed wide distribution and were
advertised by Traeg in Vienna as late as 1799. His music has been little
studied but consists of five Masses, a Requiem, an oratorio, a
Singspiel, a cantata, two smaller sacred works, five symphonies, five
concertos (several lost), a sinfonia concertante, 10 quartets, three
string trios, and five sonatas. His brother Ignaz Malzat (1757-1804) was
an oboist and composer active as principal oboe at the court of the
Prince-Archbishop of Passau.
French violinist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer. Son of Jean
Rebel (c.1636-1692), he showed talent for music and began playing the
violin at an early age, winning the approbation of the King and
Jean-Baptiste Lully when he was only 8. He then became his pupil in
violin and composition. From 18 August 1705 he was one of the 24 Violons
du Roi and then became batteur de mesure in that ensemble and in the
Opéra orchestra. On 30 March 1718 he obtained from Michel-Richard de
Lalande rights of reversion to the post of chamber composer to the king,
and he duly succeeded his brother-in-law in this post on Lalande's
death. He also was active at the Academic Royale de Musique in various
capacities, being made its 'maitre de musique' (1716) and also conducted
at the Concert Spirituel (1734-35). As he grew older he gradually gave
up his various posts in favour of his son, the composer and violinist
François Rebel [le fils] (1701-1775). He was held in high regard by his
contemporaries. His last work, 'Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle'
(c.1737), preceded by a movement called Cahos (‘Chaos’), served as an
introduction to the suite of dances making up Les elemens. Its harmonic
daring, its orchestral colouring and the originality of its conception
make 'Cahos' a masterpiece of 18th Century French instrumental music.
His sister Anne-Renée Rebel (1663-1722) was a singer and she married
Michel-Richard de Lalande.
