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Florian Leopold Gassmann
Person · male · Austria · Most · born 1729 · died 1774 · recording since 2009
Bohemian composer (1729–1774)
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Also known as 弗洛里安·利奧波德·加斯曼
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1720s
1770s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Opera Overtures: The Young Countess / The Ridiculous Traveller / Love in the Workplace / The Critical Night
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Opera Overtures: The Young Countess / The Ridiculous Traveller / Love in the Workplace / The Critical Night
Album
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2020s
Biography
English biography448 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1315341520
Biography
Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of dramma giocoso immediately before Mozart. He was one of Antonio Salieri's teachers.
Life and career
Gassmann was born in Brüx, Bohemia, and was most likely trained by Johann Woborschil, the local chorus master. His father was a goldsmith who may well have opposed his son's choice of a musical career.
From 1757 until 1762, he wrote an opera every year for the carnival season in Venice, and was also appointed choirmaster in the girls' conservatory in Venice in 1757. Many of the librettos he set were by the renowned Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni.
In 1763 he was called to Vienna as court ballet composer, and was held in great affection by Emperor Joseph II. In 1764 he was appointed chamber composer to the Emperor, and in 1772 court conductor.
In 1766 Gassmann met up-and-coming young Antonio Salieri in Venice, invited him to return with him to Vienna and taught him composition using Johann Joseph Fux's textbook Gradus ad Parnassum. Salieri remained in Vienna, and succeeded Gassmann as chamber composer to the Emperor on the latter's death in 1774. Another Italian composer, Giuseppe Bonno, succeeded Gassmann as court conductor.
In 1771, Gassmann founded the Tonkünstler-Societät (Society of Musical Artists), which was the first group in Vienna to give concerts for the general public, and for the benefit of its members' widows and orphans. He wrote his oratorio La Betulia liberata for that purpose.
In 1774, he died in Vienna from long-term consequences of a carriage accident sustained on his final visit to Italy.
Gassmann's two daughters, Anna Fuchs and Therese Rosenbaum, were both famous singers trained by Salieri; the younger, Therese, made a particular name for herself as a Mozart interpreter.
Charles Burney, in one of his published accounts of his many European tours surveying the musical scene, recalls, on a visit to Joseph II and his court, meeting Gassmann and finding him very forthcoming. Among the manuscripts Gassmann showed him, he reserved most of his praise for his chamber works. Burney was either not exposed to, or said nothing about, Gassmann's orchestral music.
Johann Baptist Wanhal is described by author Daniel Heartz as Gassmann's "protégé".
Operas
See List of operas by Florian Leopold Gassmann.
Instrumental music
Includes:
32 symphonies
26 overtures
37 string quartets include: Op. 1 six quartetti (H 431–6); Op. 2 (H 441–2, 435, 444–6); six published posthumously, 1804 (H 451–6)
8 string quintets, 6 of which were published as Op. 2 in 1772 (H 501–506)
string trios
6 trios for flute, violin and viola
10 wind quintets
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -235 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:02:32
1La notte critica, Hill 143: Overture: I. [Allegro assai]3:372La notte critica, Hill 143: Overture: II. [Andante]2:043La notte critica, Hill 143: Overture: III. Allegro moderato1:104Gli uccellatori, Hill 123: Overture: I. Allegro assai2:505Gli uccellatori, Hill 123: Overture: II. Allegretto1:276Gli uccellatori, Hill 123: Overture: III. Allegro 517Filosofia ed amore, Hill 125: Overture: I. Allegro assai2:448Filosofia ed amore, Hill 125: Overture: II. Andante1:419Filosofia ed amore, Hill 125: Overture: III. Presto1:2510La casa di campagna, Hill 65: Overture: I. Allegro1:5211La casa di campagna, Hill 65: Overture: II. [Andante]1:5812La casa di campagna, Hill 65: Overture: III. Tempo di contradanza. Allegro assai1:2513La contessina, Hill 153: Overture: I. [Allegro assai]3:5714La contessina, Hill 153: Overture: II. Andante2:1115La contessina, Hill 153: Overture: III. Allegro molto1:4216Il viaggiatore ridicolo, Hill 137: Overture: I. Allegro assai2:5317Il viaggiatore ridicolo, Hill 137: Overture: II. Andante spiritoso2:5918Il viaggiatore ridicolo, Hill 137: Overture: III. Allegro1:2119Il filosofo innamorato, Hill 157: Overture: I. Allegro assai1:5320Il filosofo innamorato, Hill 157: Overture: II. Andante3:0221Il filosofo innamorato, Hill 157: Overture: III. Presto1:0622L'amore artigiano, Hill 138: Overture: I. Allegro molto3:3923L'amore artigiano, Hill 138: Overture: II. Allegretto2:1224L'amore artigiano, Hill 138: Overture: III. Allegro practicabile1:2725Un pazzo ne fa cento, Hill 127: Overture: I. Allegro assai2:3826Un pazzo ne fa cento, Hill 127: Overture: II. Andante1:3427Un pazzo ne fa cento, Hill 127: Overture: III. Presto1:1428Le pescatrici, Hill 159: Overture: I. [Allegro assai]2:4529Le pescatrici, Hill 159: Overture: II. [Andante]2:0030Le pescatrici, Hill 159: Overture: III. Allegro1:462023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:06:58
1Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 571: I. Allegro4:102Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 571: II. Larghetto3:333Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 571: III. Allegretto3:324Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 573: I. Adagio4:295Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 573: II. Allegro moderato2:326Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B-flat Major (after “Amor und Psyche”), H. 573: III. Poco allegro4:267Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in E-flat major, H. 482: I. Adagio2:598Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in E-flat major, H. 482: II. Allegro assai5:249Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in E-flat major, H. 482: III. Allegretto3:3510Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in B-flat major, H. 483: I. Andante2:2711Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in B-flat major, H. 483: II. Allegro3:0712Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in B-flat major, H. 483: III. Moderato6:3713Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in D major, H. 486: I. Adagio3:0314Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in D major, H. 486: II. Allegro3:5415Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in D major, H. 486: III. Allegro2:2216Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: I. Adagio1:5217Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: II. Allegro2:1818Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: III. Menuetto2:0419Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: IV. Adagio0:5320Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: V. Menuetto2:0821Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: VI. Allegro0:3622Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon and 2 Horns, H. 532: VII. Alternativo0:57
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Florian Leopold Gassmann head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -235 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
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Wikidata: Q700816 · MusicBrainz: ee99e304-e349-4db9-b36d-c5c865028a93
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