Josef Reicha
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1752
- Active to
- 1795
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Josef Reicha (Rejcha) (12 February 1752 – 5 March 1795) was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor. He was the uncle of composer and music theorist Anton Reicha. Josef Reicha was born in Chudenice. In 1761 he moved to Prague, where he was taught cello by Franz Joseph Werner. In 1771 Reicha became first cellist in the Kapelle of Prince (Fürst) Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein. Together with the famous violinist Anton Janitsch, who also played in the Kapelle <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josef
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Bonn
- Occupation
- cellist
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
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- date of birth
- 1752-03-13
- date of death
- 1795-03-05
- student
- Anton Reicha
- P8168
- De Gasperi V Cabinet
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Josef Reicha, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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