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Leopold Koželuh
12+ albums
CzechClassical
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Leopold Koželuh was a classic Czech composer. He was born in Velvary, Bohemia (Present-day Czech Republic). Born:26 June1747— Velvary (Welwarn) — Bohemia Died:7 May1818— Wien — Austria Koželuh was the son of the shoemaker Antonín Bartholomäus Koželuh. The composer Jan Antonín Koželuh was his cousin and for a while his teacher. Later, the pianist Katharina Koželuh was his daughter. To avoid confusion with his cousin, he changed his name in 1774. His teachers in the 1770s also included František Xaver Dušek. In 1771 he contributed his first work, a ballet, to the National Theater in Prague, and in the coming seasons wrote 25 works for them. In 1778 he went to Vienna, and was likely for a short while a student of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. Already after this short while, Kozeluch had also entered the ranks of acclaimed pianists. The imperial court gave him the position that had belonged to Georg Christoph Wagenseil as teacher to the Archduchess Elisabeth, the daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria. He was offered Wolfgang Mozart's position in Salzburg when Mozart left that office in 1781, but refused. He did however accept the position of court composer in Prague that Mozart's death left open in 1792. Kozeluch also joined Freemasonry around the 1790s, in a lodge in Vienna. He experienced during his lifetime acceptance of his work in all of Europe; in his last years however the criticism that he was too prolific became heard more often. Criticisms of his work by Mozar
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Sonata for keyboard (P.13.2) in F major "La chasse" [1781]
72Symphony in F Major, Op. 22 No. 2, P. I:4: IV. Presto
63Symphony in D Major, Op. 22 No. 2, P. I:D3: III. Allegro
54String Quartet in F Major, Op 33 (3rd mvt)
45Piano Sonata no.42 in F major Op.53 no.2 - finale
36Symphony in A Major, P. I:10 "A la française": IV. Presto con fuoco
37Symphony in G minor, Op. 22 No. 3
38Symphony in G minor
39A Grand Scotch Sonata in D
210Pastorale in G major
2albums
Sonatas for Fortepiano, Flute and Cello
Complete Keyboard Sonatas 3 (Kemp English)
Complete Keyboard Sonatas 6 (Kemp English)
Sonatas for Fortepiano, Flute and Cello (Monika Knoblochová, Jana Semerádová, Hana Fleková)
String Quartets, Op. 32 (Stamic Quartet)
String Quartets, Op. 33 (Stamic Quartet)
Complete Keyboard Sonatas 5 (Kemp English)
3 Piano Trios (Trio 1790)
Moses In Egypt (Hermann Max)
Symphonies (Concerto Köln)
Complete Keyboard Sonatas 1 (Kemp English)
Clarinet Concertos (Dieter Klöcker, The Prague Chamber Orchestra)