Jan Bedřich Kittl (1806-1868)
- Jagd=Sinfonie: | N|r|o 2. | für das Orchester (1837)
Performers: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; Josef Hrncir (1921-2014, conductor)
Further info: Jagd-Sinfonie für das Orchester (1837)
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Bohemian composer. He studied law at the University of Prague, and took
private lessons in piano with Benedikt Zavora and in composition with
Václav Jan Tomášek. He was employed at first by the Czech financial
procurators in Prague, but in 1836, after a concert of his compositions,
he devoted himself to music. His 'Jagdsinjonie' was premiered by Ludwig
Spohr (1839), and subsequently performed widely in Germany. In 1843 he
succeeded Bedřich Diviš Weber as director of the Prague Conservatory.
Soon after the successful première of his fourth symphony (1858),
written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Prague
Conservatory, his health and energy declined. This, together with
financial embarrassments, forced him to resign from the conservatory at
the end of 1865. His last years were spent in exile. As a composer, he
wrote at least four operas, two masses, several choral works, and songs,
as well as four symphonies, three overtures and chamber music. Jan
Bedřich Kittl should be considered as one of the first bohemian
Romantics.
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