Jan Adam Gallina (1724-1773)
- Sinfonia in Es-Dur
Performers: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra; Vοjtеch Spurný (conductor)
Further info: Baroque Bohemia & Beyond
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Bohemian composer. He was born into a musical and rich family. He
received early studies by his father, the cantor Martin Antonín Gallina
(1682-1730), and after his death by other family members. In February
1721 he married the daughter of the governor of the Nový Hrad, Marií
Františkou Haubnerovou. In 1744 he applied for a post at the Cítoliby
castle, where he remained as a musician and composer the rest of his
life under the patronage of the count Arnošt Karel Pachta. Also there he
studied with Václav Jan Kopřiva. After the death of the bandmaster Jan
Josef Janoušek (1717-1750) he was promoted to orchestra director. He
attained the title of 'musicae director a aulae praefectus'. Gallina's
three brothers were also musicians, among them, Josef Antonín Gallina
(1726-1765). As a composer, he wrote several symphonies and religious
works only preseved on manuscrits. He died in Cítoliby during the typhus
epidemic.
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