divendres, 11 d’octubre del 2024

NERUDA, Jan Křtitel Jiří (c.1711-1776) - Concerto per il Clarino (1772)

Jean-Louis Demarne (1744-1829) - Women and Soldiers Revelling (c.1780)


Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda (c.1711-1776) - Concerto à Corno Primo, 2 Violini, Alto Viola e Basso (1772)
Performers: William Formаn (trumpet); Flаndria Barock Solisten

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Bohemian composer, active in Germany. He trained as a violinist and cellist, and was for several years a member of a theatre orchestra in Prague. In 1741 or 1742 he entered the service of Count Rutowski in Dresden, and by 1750 he was a violinist in the court orchestra. He remained in Dresden until his death. Neruda is known to have composed at least 97 works, although many are now lost. In the 18th century copies of his works were disseminated throughout Bohemia, Germany and Sweden; the Breitkopf catalogue advertised 68 works between 1762 and 1771. His music shows clear signs of Italian influence, although in his use of dynamics he was evidently also influenced by the Mannheim School. The melodic style harks back to the Baroque principle of Fortspinnung, though this is modified by the use of regular phrase lengths. The textures are mostly homophonic, often with figured bass. The violin works make great demands on the performer. Neruda was also active as a teacher; two of his sons, Ludvík Neruda and Antonín Bedřich Neruda (?-1797), became accomplished violinists and were members of the Dresden court orchestra. According to Gottfried Johann Dlabacz, Neruda was a brother of Jan Chryzostomus Neruda (1705-1763), who after a short period as a violinist at a Prague theatre entered the Premonstratensian monastery of Strahov in 1726, becoming succentor in 1733 and cantor and choirmaster ten years later. 

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