Karel Blažej Kopřiva (1756-1785) - Concerto (Es-Dur) für Orgel
Performers: Joseph Krajs (organ); Orchestre du Conservatorie de Prague; Frantisek Hertl (1906-1973, conductor)
Further info: Karel Blažej Kopriva (1756-1785) - Requiem (1774)
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Bohemian composer and organist, son of Václav Jan Kopřiva (1708-1789)
and brother of Jan Jáchym Kopřiva (1754-1792). After studying the organ
and composition, first with his father and later in Prague with J.F.N.
Seger, he became organist in the church of St Jacob in Citoliby. He also
taught keyboard instruments and composition. His first known work, a
Requiem in C minor, was performed at Klatovy on 22 May 1774. He suffered
from tuberculosis and died at the age of 29. His reputation of organ
virtuoso soon spread over the country. He composed in the style of
transition from baroque to classicism, influenced by harpsichord sonatas
of J.C.Bach (son of J.S.Bach), J.Haydn as well as his czech fellow
composers. The three Kopřivas were the outstanding members of a ramified
bohemian musical family. Thanks to their activity, and in accordance
with the artistic interests of Count Ernest Karl Pachta (who had an
orchestra of his own), the little village of Cítoliby became a unique
centre of musical life in northern Bohemia at that period. Whereas
Václav Jan and Jan Jáchym adhered to the traditional type of Czech
village music of the late Baroque and pre-Classical period, Karel Blažej
used an advanced Classical idiom of Mozartian character. His style is
markedly individual and very expressive, with abundant chromaticism. He
was also well schooled in counterpoint and his fugues are among the most
remarkable of their kind in Czech organ music of the second half of the
18th century. A virtuoso organist himself, he usually treated the organ
part of his church compositions in concertante manner. The demanding,
florid solo parts in his vocal works are evidence of the high quality of
provincial performers in Bohemia at the time.
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