Václav Jindřich Veit, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Václav Jindřich Veit

Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1806

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1864

Profession: composer, lawyer, conductor, jurist, pianist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Václav Jindřich Veit

  • Václav Jindrich Veit known in German as Wenzel Heinrich Veit (19 January 1806 in the village of Repnice, now part of Libochovany, near Litomerice – 16 February 1864, Litomerice) Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer. To pay tuition at a law school in Prague, Veit gave music lessons.
  • After earning his law degree and getting a position as a legal clerk, Veit continued to teach music and even started writing music.
  • He wrote mostly chamber music, and later on in his life wrote more and more songs with texts in Czech, such as "Pozdravení pevcovo".
  • He also wrote some church music, including a setting of the Te Deum and a couple of masses.
  • Although he wrote some orchestral music, such as a violin concertino and a parody of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Veit only wrote one symphony, in E minor, which is however considered "a notable milestone in the development of the Czech symphonic style."

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