Josef Bárta
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Josef Bárta, also Josef Bartha, (1744 in Prague - 13 June 1787 in Vienna ) was a Czech composer.
Bárta was a priest and organist at the Salvator Church in Prague. He then moved to Vienna. In addition to three operas and a singspiel, Bárta wrote piano sonatas, string quartets, and 13 symphonies. His other works are presumed lost.
Works
- La Diavolessa by Carlo Goldoni, 1772
- Da ist nicht gut zu raten (There's no good guessing), comic opera, 1778
- Der adlige Taglöhner (The noble laborer), singspiel, 1780
- Il Mercato di Malmantile, 1784
- 13 symphonies, Prague, Narodni Muzeum (Milada Rutová)
Further reading
- Hellmut Federhofer: The Thundering Legion of Joseph Barta . In Rainer Cadenbach, Helmut Loos (ed.): Contributions to the history of the oratorio since Handel. Festschrift Günther Massenkeil 60th birthday. Voggenreiter, Bonn, 1986, {{ISBN|3-8024-0146-8}}, {{pp.|135|150}}.
- Jaromír Havlík: Symfonie Antonína Laubeho a Josefa Barty . Prague 1975 (dissertation).
- Camillo Schoenbaum: The Bohemian musicians in the music history of Vienna from Baroque to Romanticism . In: Studies in Music Science (StMw) 25, 1962, {{ISSN|0930-9578}}, {{pp.|475|495}}, (Festschrift for Erich Schenk).
External links
- [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=123411173 Works by and about Josef Bárta in the catalog of the German National Library]
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