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Joseph Anton Steffan

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Also known as Josef Antonín Štěpán

Czech composer (1726–1797)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Czechia
Active from
1726-03-14
Active to
1797-04-12
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Discography

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Listeners
190
Total plays
1,927

Tags

Classical18th centuryclassical periodorchestralaustrian classical

Josef Antonín Štěpán or Joseph Anton Steffan (c. March 1726 – c. April 1797) was a Bohemian-Austrian classical era composer and harpsichordist. Steffan was born in Kopidlno, near Hradec Králové, Bohemia in March 1726, the son of a schoolmaster and church organist. In 1741 he fled from the Prussian army to Vienna. He received his first musical lessons from his father but, in Vienna, he studied with Schilck and later became a student of Georg Christoph Wagenseil. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Place of birth
Kopidlno
Place of death
Vienna
Occupation
harpsichordist
Instrument
piano
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medical condition
blindness
date of birth
1726-03-14
date of death
1797-04-12
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Joseph Anton Steffan, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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