Jan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek (1770 - 1839) was
a Bohemian composer.
Vitásek was born at Hořín. He studied under his
father and then under František Xaver Dušek and
Leopold Kozeluch, the latter of whom he would succeed
in the position of music director in 1814 at the
Cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague. Vitásek remained in
Prague for the rest of his life and became one of the
city's leading musical figures, even refusing an offer
of a directorship at St. Stephen's Cathedr...(+)
Jan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek (1770 - 1839) was
a Bohemian composer.
Vitásek was born at Hořín. He studied under his
father and then under František Xaver Dušek and
Leopold Kozeluch, the latter of whom he would succeed
in the position of music director in 1814 at the
Cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague. Vitásek remained in
Prague for the rest of his life and became one of the
city's leading musical figures, even refusing an offer
of a directorship at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna.
He became the director of the organ school for a
Bohemian organization called the Society for the
Promotion of Church Music in 1830. He died in
Prague.
Vitásek's compositional output includes one opera
(David, 1810), twelve masses, seven requiems, many
other choral works both sacred and secular, some
symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and preludes and
fugues for organ. In 1823–24, he was one of the 50
composers who composed a variation on a waltz by Anton
Diabelli for Vaterländischer Künstlerverein.
Although originally created for accompanied chorus, I
created this arrangement for Flute & Concert (Pedal)
Harp.
SHEET MUSIC