Josef Mysliveček
Also known as Josef Myslivecek
Czech composer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1737
- Died
- 1781
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Alessandro nelle Indie
- Koncert D dur
- Trio in G á flauto traverso, violino con basso
- Trio in A à flauto traverso, violino con basso
- Tre notturni
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Article
Posthumous portrait of Josef Mysliveček by Jan Vilímek based on a contemporary engraving
Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer. He contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant compositional models in the genres of symphony, Italian serious opera, and violin concerto; both Wolfgang and his father Leopold Mozart considered him an intimate friend from the time of their first meetings in Bologna in 1770 until he betrayed their trust over the promise of an operatic commission for Wolfgang to be arranged with the management of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. His closeness to the Mozart family resulted in frequent references to him in the Mozart correspondence.
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