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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