František Brixi
František Brixi | |
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Born | Prague | 2 January 1732
Died | 14 October 1771 Prague | (aged 39)
Occupation(s) | Classical composer |
František Xaver Brixi (2 January 1732 – 14 October 1771) was a Czech
Biography
Brixi was born in
In 1749 Brixi left Kosmonosy and returned to Prague, where he worked as an
Brixi died of tuberculosis in Prague in 1771, at the age of 39.[1]
Style
Brixi was an important composer at the junction between Baroque and the Classical period.[7] Brixi's style is distinguished from that of his contemporaries by its fresh melodic writing, vivacious rhythm and lively bass lines, and from that of his predecessors by its simple yet effective instrumentation. During his lifetime his music was widely disseminated in Bohemia and Moravia.[6]
Influence
Brixi's music made
Compositions
Brixi composed 500 works, in which sacred music dominated.[1] None of his compositions were published during Brixi's lifetime.[6]
Source:[8]
- Missa di Gloria in D major (c.1758)
- Missa integra in D minor
- Missa brevis in C major for soloists, choir orchestra and organ
- Missa aulica in C major
- Missa pastoralis in C major
- Missa pastoralis in D major
- Missa solemnis in D major for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ
- Missa Dominicalis in C major
- 8 Organ Concertos
- Viola Concerto in C major
- Sinfonia in D major
- Oratorio Opus patheticum de septem doloribus Beatae Mariae Virginis
- Oratorio Crux morientis Jesu Christi
- Oratorio Filius Prodigus (Osek 1755)
- Oratorio Judas Iscariothes – Oratorium pro die sacro Parasceves (Osek c.1770)
- Litanie de seto Benedieto
- Confiteor tibi Domine
- Bitevní sinfonie
- Fuga in A minor
- Pastoral in C major
- Preludium In C major
- Regina coeli
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e Roßbach, Judith. "Komponistenportrait Franz Xaver Brixi". Erzbistum Köln (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kirchenmusik in Benediktbeuern". Kirchenmusik in Benediktbeuern. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Dahmen, Hrosvith (5 March 2013). "Zur Prager-Dresdner Kirchenmusik unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Messen von František Xaver Brixi". musiconn.publish (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Ostermann, Karlheinz (2002). Franz Xaver Brixi / Missa brevis in C / Missa aulica (PDF). Carus. p. 4.
- ^ Hägele, Friedrich (2004). Franz Xaver Brixi (1732–1771) / Missa brevis in C. Dr. J. Butz.
- ^ a b c "Franz Xaver Brixi". Chor der Jesuitenkirche Mannheim (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Franz Xaver Brixi – böhmischer Komponist zwischen Barock und Klassik". Radio Prague International (in German). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Brixi". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
Further reading
- Novak, Vladimir (2001), "Brixi family", Oxford University Press, )
- "Brixi". MGG Online. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- "Brixi, František Xaver". ČESKÁ DIVADELNÍ ENCYKLOPEDIE (in Czech). 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- "ALO docView – 02 Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich (1857)". Austrian Literature Online (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- Novák, Vladimir (1969). "Zur Katalogisierung von Werken der Familie Brixi". Die Musikforschung. 22 (3). Bärenreiter: 335–337. JSTOR 23230930. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
External links
- František Brixi (in Czech)
- Free scores by František Brixi in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- IMSLP