Jan Antonín Koželuh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Antonín Koželuh

Czech composer and organist

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1738

Place of Birth: Velvary, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1814

Profession: composer, conductor, organist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jan Antonín Koželuh (also Johann Antonin Kozeluch, Koscheluch, Jan Evangelista Antonín Tomáš; 14 December 1738 – 3 February 1814) was a Czech composer from Velvary.
He was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits in Brenitz.
He studied in Vienna under Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Florian Gassmann.
In 1784, he became a concert master in St.
Vitus Cathedral for thirty years and the organist at the Strahov Monastery.
His works includes 45 Masses, a Requiem, an oratorio, two operas, four symphonies, and several woodwind concertos.
As one of the most respected Czech composers of his time, he also composed serious Italian operas: Allesandro nell' Indie was performed in 1769 and Demofoonte in 1772. He was the teacher of (his cousin) Leopold Kozeluch, whose name was originally also Jan Antonin Koželuh (but who changed his name, in 1773.)



Description	Czech painter
Date of birth/death	6 August 1851 / 6 April 1851	1 November 1921
Location of birth/death	Mainz	Prague
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