Wenzel Thomas Matiegka
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Czech composer and guitarist (1773-1830)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1773-07-06
- Active to
- 1830-01-19
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Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (baptized July 6, 1773 - January 19, 1830[1]) was a Bohemian composer. Matiegka was born in the town of Choceň in a remote corner of the state of Bohemia, then part of the Habsburg Monarchy, under the Habsburg ruler Joseph II. Upon completion of his primary studies, he continued his musical education under Abbe Gelinek, becoming accomplished on the pianoforte while reading Law at the University of Prague. After legal employment in the service of Count Kinsky <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tomáš
- Family name
- Matějka
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Choceň
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- liturgical music
- Instrument
- guitar
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- date of death
- 1831-01-00
- date of birth
- 1773-01-01
- time period
- Romanticism
- P8168
- Ikaruga
- date of baptism
- 1773-07-06
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