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Jiří Ignác Linek

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Also known as Jiri Ignac Linek

Czech composer and educator

Person · Open Library

Born
1725
Died
1791
Works
1

Top works

  • Missa pastoralis

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Czechia
Active from
1725-01-21
Active to
1791-12-30
to clean up

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
278
Total plays
1,223

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composerbaroquelate baroqueCzechclassical composer

Jiří Ignác Línek (21 January, 1725 - 30 December, 1791) was a renowned Czech late-Baroque composer and pedagogue, said to have composed over 300 works in his lifetime. He is especially noted for his Christmas pastorals and for his initiation of a literary brotherhood within Bohemia. He was born at Bakov nad Jizerou. In the period official register was his name entered as Linka. Nevertheless, he always signed himself Linek. He studied at the piarist gymnasium in Kosmonosy, later he studied compo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jiří
Gender
male
Place of birth
Bakov nad Jizerou
Place of death
Bakov nad Jizerou
Occupation
pedagogue
Languages spoken
Czech
Image
Jiří Ignác Linek (1725-1791), český kantor a hudební skladatel.jpeg
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date of birth
1725-01-21
date of death
1791-12-30
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Jiří Ignác Linek
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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Jiří Ignác Linek, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 5 languages

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