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Anton Neumann. Nové poznatky k životním osudům a tvorbě zapomenutého skladatele, houslisty a kapelníka
| Title in English | Anton Neumann. New Findings on the Life and Work of a Forgotten Composer, Violinist and Kapellmeister |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | MUSICOLOGICA OLOMUCENSIA |
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| Web | Musicologica Olomucensia |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/mo.2019.018 |
| Keywords | Anton (Johann Heinrich) Neumann; composer; kapellmeister; violinist; virtuoso; tower apprentice; Bernsdorf; Uničov; tower master; Kroměříž; Leopold Egk; Sturm und Drang; Maximilian Hamilton; symphony; concerto; Kajetan Sołtyk; Lambach; Eisenstadt |
| Description | Anton Neumann (1721-1776) was a composer, violinist and Kapellmeister whose numerous original compositions are preserved in domestic as well as foreign music collections. The aim of the study is to introduce new findings on Neumann's life and point out the importance of his preserved works, many of which manifest features of the "Sturm und Drang" style. Thanks to their characteristic composition style, Neumann's works even enable us to determine the authorship for materials where the first name is missing. An extensive research project has demonstrated that his works are included in collections in Central, and partly also Western, Northern and Southern Europe. The paper discusses the importance of the fundamental collection of Neumann's compositions in the property of Benedictine monks from Lambach and a determination of the links to the composer's activity in Kroměříž. The crucial new findings involve a specification of Neumann's date of birth, and proof of his identification with the personality of a Brno tower apprentice Johann Heinrich Neumann. |
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