Ignaz Malzat

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Ignaz (Adamus Ignatius Franciscus de Paula Josephus) Malzat (Vienna, 4 March 1757 - Passau, 20 March 1804) was an Austrian composer and oboist, son of Josef Malzat (1723-1760). As early as 1774 he was a court musician in Salzburg and is supposed to have been a pupil of Michael Haydn. After travelling in France, Italy and Switzerland he became oboist in the parish church at Bozen (1778) and in May 1788 entered the service of the Prince-Bishop of Passau. He was known primarily for his instrumental works, a few of which are listed in the Traeg catalogue of 1799. His extant works include concertos for cello (two, A-KR, SEI), oboe (two, A-Ssp, D-Dlb), two oboes (A-KR) and oboe and bassoon (KR), a sextet (US-AAu), a quintet (A-Ssp), a cassation (H-KE) and three wind partitas (A-KR, Sca). The cello concertos may have been composed for his brother Johann Michael Malzat. His pieces have an attractive charm with many felicitous touches, and avoid contrapuntal complexity or harmonic experimentation. The works lie well for the instruments chosen but there is little virtuoso display; his orchestral accompaniments are full, though he seems to have favoured quiet openings. Four notated cadenzas, entirely metrical, survive in the two duo concertos. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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