Antonio Casimir Cartellieri

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(b Danzig, 27 Sept 1772; d Liebshausen, Bohemia, 2 Sept 1807). Bohemian composer. He received a musical education at an early age from his parents: his father, an Italian tenor, Antonio Maria Gaetano, and his mother, from Riga, the singer Elisabeth Böhm, as she was known professionally at the Königliches Opernhaus in Berlin after her second marriage. His parents’ unhappy marriage and subsequent divorce led to Antonio’s leaving home at the age of 13. After several difficult years, he emerged in 1791 as music director and court composer to Count Oborsky. In 1792 he accompanied his employer to Berlin, where he achieved his first success as a dramatic composer. During his subsequent sojourn with the Count in Vienna, he studied counterpoint with Albrechtsberger, Seyfried and possibly Beethoven, and operatic composition with Salieri. Cartellieri’s first public appearance with Beethoven was in 1795 in a concert which saw both the première of his own oratorio Gioas re di Giuda and Beethoven’s first public performance as a pianist in Vienna. Prince Lobkowitz, who had noticed Cartellieri at Oborsky’s concerts, engaged him in 1796 as Kapellmeister, singing teacher and violinist. In addition to directing operas at the princely court, Cartellieri had to play in instrumental concerts, which sometimes included premières of works by Beethoven under the direction of the composer, for example, the Eroica Symphony and the Triple Concerto on 23 January 1805. In 1800 he married Franziska Kraft, w

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albums

Cartellieri: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

Cartellieri: Wind Divertimentos

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CARTELLIERI, A.C.: Celebre Nativita del Redentore (La) (Spering)

Weihnachtsoratorium

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Radio Swiss Classic

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Cartellieri: Wind Concertos Vol.2

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ASU Chamber Winds & Wind Symphony at ABA Convention 2007

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Clarinet Quartets e Wind Sextets

Complete Symphonies

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Wind Sextets

3 Viennese Wind Divertimenti

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Cartellieri - Wind Concertos Vol. 1

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