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Václav Tomášek
Person · male · Austrian Empire · Skuteč · born 1774 · died 1850 · recording since 1988
Czech music educator and composer
Also known as Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek · Václav Jan Tomásek · Wenzel Johann Tomaschek · Wenzel Johann Tumaschek · 瓦茨拉夫·托马谢克
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1770s
1850s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Antonin Vranicky: Symphony "Aphrodite" / Václav Jan Tomášek: Symphony in D minor
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Antonin Vranicky: Symphony "Aphrodite" / Václav Jan Tomášek: Symphony in D minor
Album
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1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography323 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1367577188
Biography
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (German: Wenzel Johann Tomaschek; 1774 – 1850) was an Austrian-Bohemian, by other accounts a Czech composer and music teacher. He was known as the Musical Pope of Prague.
In the words of Kenneth Delong, “Highly opinionated, often sarcastic and projecting a sense of his own importance, Tomášek's memoirs also reveal him to be deeply concerned about all things artistic and intellectual: a man of courage and idealism, unflinching in his pursuit of truth in music and in life.”
Life
Václav Tomášek was born in 1774.
As a pianist, he was an autodidact, becoming one of the most important piano teachers of Prague for a century. Tomášek studied violin and singing with Wolf. Until 1824 he worked as a piano teacher in aristocratic families. Afterwards he created a considerable school of music; among its most well-known pupils were Jan Voříšek, Alexander Dreyschock, Johann Friedrich Kittl and Eduard Hanslick. Tomášek made the acquaintance of Beethoven, and also of Goethe, whose poems he set. He maintained correspondence with the Polish pianist and composer Maria Agata Szymanowska. His autobiography was published in German, as well as in a Czech translation. He lived at number 15 Tomášská Street in Prague. The building bears a memorial plaque to him in Czech and German.
Václav Tomášek died in 1850.
Style
Tomášek wrote a good deal for the piano and became a forerunner of the lyric piano piece which later reached its apogee in the works of Schubert and Chopin. At first he remained loyal to the Classical style, but later was influenced by the newly born Romanticism. An important part of his oeuvre are his songs. Besides songs to Goethe's German poems he composed also songs to the patriotic lyrics of Czech authors. He composed short pieces for glass harp and organ, and works for choir.
In 1823–1824, he was one of the 50 composers who composed a variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli for Vaterländischer Künstlerverein.
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 | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -138 | 4.4th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Antonin Vranicky: Symphony "Aphrodite" / Václav Jan Tomášek: Symphony in D minor
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 56:08
1Aphrodite Symphony: I. Adagio - Allegro con fuco12:112Aphrodite Symphony: II. Andante - Allegro6:483Aphrodite Symphony: III. Adagio - Allegro vivace7:454Symphony in D major: I. Adagio - Allegro8:385Symphony in D major: II. Andante con espressione9:066Symphony in D major: III. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo5:277Symphony in D major: IV. Allegro moderato6:131997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:46
1Requiem in C minor: I. Requiem aeternam5:342Requiem in C minor: II. Dies irae4:283Requiem in C minor: III. Recordare4:224Requiem in C minor: IV. Lacrimosa3:435Requiem in C minor: V. Domine Jesu Christe4:016Requiem in C minor: VI. Hostias1:597Requiem in C minor: VII. Quam olim Abrahae2:028Requiem in C minor: VIII. Sanctus3:359Requiem in C minor: IX. Benedictus9:2710Requiem in C minor: X. Agnus Dei4:352006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 53:31
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 18: I. Allegro con brio10:372Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 18: II. Tranquillo6:153Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 18: III. Rondo7:264Piano Concerto no. 2 in E‐flat major: I. Allegro con brio14:065Piano Concerto no. 2 in E‐flat major: II. Adagio ma non troppo7:096Piano Concerto no. 2 in E‐flat major: III. Allegro assai7:582015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:01:19
1Mailied, op. 53 no. 31:492Schäfers Klagelied, op. 56 no. 13:503Rastlose Liebe, op. 58 no. 11:054Die Nacht, op. 55 no. 52:165Auf dem See, op. 57 no. 31:406An die Entfernte, op. 55 no. 11:337Wandrers Nachtlied, op. 58 no. 42:088Erlkönig, op. 59 no. 13:009Heidenröslein, op. 53 no. 11:5710Das Geheimnis, op. 58 no. 32:3311Die Spröde, op. 54 no. 21:3612Die Bekehrte, op. 54 no. 31:5313Sorge, op. 57 no. 41:1714Am Flusse, op. 55 no. 31:0915Die Spinnerin, op. 55 no. 22:4416Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Die Nachtigall2:1117Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Das Lebewohl1:5118Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Wehmuth2:1719Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Das Veilchen1:3420Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Rache1:3121Sechs böhmische Lieder, op. 71: Die blauen Augen1:4422Des Greises Trauerlied, op. 69 no. 14:5223Das Lied, op. 37 no. 22:2424Lied eines Alpenmädchens, op. 96 no. 32:2725Ständchen, op. 107 no. 31:5526Drei Gesänge, op. 92: In die Ferne4:0027Drei Gesänge, op. 92: Mein Lieb1:4828Drei Gesänge, op. 92: Mein Hochland2:15
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Václav Tomášek head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -138 | 4.4th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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Image: Antonín Machek · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q918645 · MusicBrainz: ede3bc91-e31a-4b54-8203-87d2cf85a7bc
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