Composer
Adalbert Gyrowetz
Czech composer
1763–1850
18 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1763
- Died
- 1850
- Birthplace
- České Budějovice
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Citizenship / historical state
- Austrian Empire
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Classical
Biography
Adalbert Gyrowetz (Czech: Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec; 20 February 1763 – 19 March 1850) was a Czech-Austrian composer. He mainly wrote instrumental works, with a great production of string quartets and symphonies; his operas and singspiele numbered more than 30, including Semiramide (1791), Der Augenarzt (1811), and Robert, oder Die Prüfung (1815).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Teachers
- Nicola Sala
- Recorded memberships
- Ludlamshöhle
- Instruments played
- violin; pipe organ
- Genres
- classical music; Classical period
- Movements
- Classical period
- Languages used
- German
- VIAF ID
- 39400384
- ISNI
- 0000000108895062
- GND ID
- 119186322
- Library of Congress ID
- n83071594
- MusicBrainz ID
- a23bfb5e-6efb-455d-8d68-24f82f115947
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- violin, Piano, Flute, Clarinet
- Source entries with composition dates
- 1
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 39400384. Portrait: Josef Kriehuber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.