Giovanni Punto
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Czech horn player, violinist and composer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 September 1746
- Died
- 16 February 1803
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Quartett für Horn, Geige, Bratsche und Violoncello =
- 20 horn trios
- Trois quatuors, favoris de l'auteur
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1746-09-28
- Active to
- 1803-02-16
classicalczech hornisthornist
Discography
- Stolen Beauties2015
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 592
- Total plays
- 2,772
Tags
Czech18th centuryclassical period
Giovanni Punto is pseudonyme of Jan Václav Stich (September 28, 1746, Žehušice – February 16, 1803, Prague), Czech composer of classicist period and horn player (more correctly, he played the cor basse) and a pioneer of the hand stopping technique which allows natural horns to play a greater number of notes. He was an international celebrity in the 18th and early 19th Centuries, known in London, Paris, and throughout Germany; one critic wrote in 1800 after a performance by Punto and Beethoven of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Václav
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Habsburg monarchy
- Place of birth
- Žehušice
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- horn player
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- horn
- Image
- Giovanni Punto par Simon Charles Muger.jpg
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- name in native language
- Giovanni Punto
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- Commons category
- Giovanni Punto
- date of birth
- 1746-09-28
- date of death
- 1803-02-16
- birth name
- Jan Václav Stich
- pseudonym
- Giovanni Punto
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