Wenzel Pichl

Wenzel Pichl

Wenzel Pichl (25 September 1741, Bechyně, Bohemia – 23 January 1805, Vienna, Austria; known in his native language as Václav Pichl) was a classical Czech composer of the 18th Century. He was also a violinist, music director and writer. His first musical training was at Bechyne with the cantor Jan Pokorný. He served as a singer between the years 1752-1758 at the Jesuit college at Březnice. In Prague, he was a violinist at the Jesuit seminary of Saint Wenceslaus and his studies while at the university were philosophy, theology and law.

He was appointed to the post of first violinist of the Týn Church in 1762 and studied counterpoint with the organist J. N. Seger. In 1765 he was engaged by the composer Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf as a violinist for the private orchestra of Bishop Adam Patachich at Nagyvarad (now Oradea, Romania). The orchestra was dissolved in 1769 and Pichl became the music director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague.

In about 1770 he became first violinist of the Vienna court theatre and on the recommendation of the Empress Maria Theresa, he became music director for the Austrian governor of Lombardy at Milan, Archduke Ferdinand d'Este. Pichl went to Italy in 1777 and remained there until 1796 when the French invaded Lombardy, he then returned to Vienna where he stayed in the service of the archduke until his death (apart from a brief visit to Prague in 1802).

Wenzel Pichl died on 23rd January 1805, as the result of a stroke while playing a violin concerto at the Palais Lobkowitz. He was 63 years old.

elected works

* Six symphonies, opus 1 (two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, drums, strings. about 1778. "SEI SINFONIE A PIÙ STROMENTI. Dedicate A SUA ALTEZZA REALE IL SERENISSIMO ARCIDUCA FERDINANTO Principe Reale d'Ungeria e Boemia ... Da WENCESLAO PICHL. in attuale Servizio dell'Istessa Altezza Reale. OPERA PRIMA") cite web|title=National Library of the Netherlands|url=http://www.kb.nl|accessdate=2007-10-08]
* Six string quartets, opus 2 (in A, C, F major, E minor, D major, and B♭. about 1779.)
* Three violin concertos, opus 3 (in D, G and B♭. 1779.)
* Six trios concertans, opus 7 (in C, F, B♭, E♭, A and D. 1783.)
* Three symphonies, opus 8 (in C, E♭ and D. 1784.)
* Six duos for violin and viola, opus 10 (in C, G, D, B♭, F, E♭. 1784.)
* Three quartets for flute, violin, viola, and violoncello, op. 12 (1787)
* Three string quartets, opus 13 (in A, B♭ and E♭. 1788.)
* Three symphonies, opus 15 (in D, B♭ and C. 1790.)
* Three duos, for violin and cello, opus 16 (Amadeus Edition edited by Bernhard Pauler, published in 2002)
* Twelve caprices for solo violin, opus 19
* Three sonatas for solo violin with accompaniment of violin or viola, opus 23 cite web|title=Bayern Gateway OPAC|url=http://bvba2.bib-bvb.de/V/|accessdate=2007-10-08]
* Symphonies for orchestra opus 24
* Sei fughe con un preludio fugato : per un violino solo (may be opus 41 )
* Etude for the violin in the form of twelve caprices, opus 46 (about 1801)

External links


*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wenzel Pichl — Václav Pichl Václav (Wenzel) Pichl est un compositeur tchèque, né le 25 septembre 1741 à Bechyne (près de Tábor en Bohême) et mort le 23 janvier 1805 à Vienne Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres principales …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pichl — ist ein oberdeutsches Wort für Hügel dort auch zur Namenkunde Pichl ist der Name folgender Ortschaften: Pichl bei Wels, Gemeinde in Oberösterreich Ortsteile: Pichl (Aindling), Ortsteil der Marktgemeinde Aindling, Landkreis Aichach Friedberg,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wenzel — is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning praised with glory . Variations are Вячеслав (Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French),… …   Wikipedia

  • Václav Pichl — (auch Wenzel Pichl; * 25. September 1741 in Bechyně, Böhmen; † 23. Januar 1805 in Wien, Österreich) war ein tschechischer Geiger, Komponist und Musikdirektor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 2.1 Andant …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vaclav Pichl — Václav Pichl Václav (Wenzel) Pichl est un compositeur tchèque, né le 25 septembre 1741 à Bechyne (près de Tábor en Bohême) et mort le 23 janvier 1805 à Vienne Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres principales …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Václav Pichl — Václav (Wenzel) Pichl est un compositeur tchèque, né le 25 septembre 1741 à Bechyne (près de Tábor en Bohême) et mort le 23 janvier 1805 à Vienne Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres principales …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste von Kontrabasskonzerten — Eine Liste wichtiger Konzerte für Kontrabass, alphabetisch nach Komponist sortiert. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Abert, Johann Joseph (1832–1915) 2 Ali Sade, Frangis (geb. 1947) 3 Bennett, Richard Rodney (geb. 1936) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of Czech composers — List of over 70 composers born or trained in what is now the Czech Republic or Slovakia. Active in the Seventeenth Century * Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic ( 1600 1676) * Pavel Josef Vejvanovský ( 1640 1693) * Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644 …   Wikipedia

  • Double bass — Contrabass redirects here. For other uses, see Contrabass (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Acoustic bass guitar. For the technique used in percussion, see Double bass drum. Double Bass Side and front views of a modern double bass with a… …   Wikipedia

  • 1769 in music — Events *Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis. *Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague *14 year old Mozart hears Allegri s Miserere for the first time, returns …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”