Leopold Eugen Měchura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopold Eugen Měchura

Czech musician

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1804

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1870

Profession: composer, conductor, jurist, organist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Leopold Eugen Mechura (also Miechura; born Prague, February 2, 1804 – died February 11, 1870 in Otín, near Klatovy) was a Czech composer. Mechura studied law at the Charles University in Prague, as well as piano and music theory.
He then moved to Otín, beginning his service as town justice in Klatovy.
There he continued performing, both privately and in public, as well as composing.
He composed many vocal pieces, and wrote church music as well; his operas took either Czech or German texts.
Mechura's best-known work was the opera Marie Potocká, after a poem by Alexander Pushkin, which was premiered posthumously in 1871 at the National Theatre, Prague under the baton of Bedrich Smetana.