There is an overview of important Czech artists. It could be sorted by name, or type.
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- ADÁMEK, Ondřej
Czech composer
- ADAMUS, Jan
český hobojista
- ÁGHOVÁ, Livia
Slovakian soprano from the Hungarian family
- ANČERL, Karel
Czech conductor
- ARDAŠEV, Igor
Czech pianist
- BAKALA, Břetislav
Czech conductor, pianist and composer
- BĚLOHLÁVEK, Jiří
Czech conductor
- BEŇAČKOVÁ, Gabriela
Slovakian soprano
- BENDA, František
Bohemian composer, conductor, distinguish representative of the Czech musical classicism
- BENDA, Jiří Antonín
Composer and conductor of Czech origin
- BERG, Josef
composer and writer
- BERMAN, Karel
Czech bass singer, opera director, pedagogue, translater of librettos
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton)
baptized on 30. 6. 1722 Staré Benátky (today Benátky nad Jizerou) †6. 11. 1795 Bad Köstritz (Německo)
Composer and conductor of Czech originHe studied at the School of Piarist Convent in Kosmonosy and Jesuit School in Jičín. In 1742 he settled in Postupim with his parents and brothers where they lived withe their two other brothers, František and Jan Jiří. They were the members of the Court Royal Band. In 1750 he became a Kapellmeister of Friedrich III., Duke of Saxe Gotha. There was a great milieu for the love of art at this Court. Benda composed spiritual cantatas, instrumental compositions and music for theatre. In 1774, he began to compose stage-melodramas, a new form that was inspired by the Seyler Theatre Society, which visited the Roayl Court. Melodramas such as Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea, Der Dorfjahrmarkt, Walder (1775), Romeo and Juliette (1776) and Der Holzhauer (1777) have brought him fame. In 1778 he resigned for the controversy at the Court and he returned to Saxe Gotha. He received the life-long pension from the Duke and was able to devote himself to composing new works. He lived in several small German villages during the last years of his life. His work includes approximately 30 symphonies, instrumental concerts, chamber compositions, Italian stage-compositions and melodramas.
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