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Johann Baptist Wanhal

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320: 251: 31: 1307: 1317: 459:, p. 18 "Wanhal obviously preferred the German spelling himself, but it should instead be recognized as a logical and ... use of the old Bohemian dot-over-the-n (= modern day háček) as part of his germanized signature." "and he strenuously maintained the use of the háček (Weichheitszeichen) in the form of a dot over the n in the first editions issued by his chief Viennese publisher, Ignaz Sauer." 208:, although the small number of compositions by him remaining there suggests that this was not the full-time role that would have been expected if he had worked with Riesch; Vanhal might have preferred such employment with the Count precisely because of its part-time nature. There is no evidence of visits after 1779. 216:
Around 1780, Wanhal stopped writing symphonies and string quartets, focusing instead on music for piano and small-scale chamber ensembles, masses and other church music. The former, written for a growing middle class, supplied him with the means to live a modest, economically independent life; for
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After his journey to Italy, Wanhal returned to Vienna rather than to go to Riesch in Dresden. Claims have been made that Wanhal became heavily depressed or even insane, but these claims are likely to have been overstated. During this period he is supposed to have acted occasionally as a de facto
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sees a change in Wanhal's style as he redirected his attention towards the middle class, his music becoming didactic in the sense that it employed musical figures in a clear and self-referential manner, rather than the seamless continuity from figure to figure that had characterized his earlier
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in 1809". Judging from the number of extant manuscripts available, these works must have been highly popular. Wanhal was also the most prolific writer of Masses and other Catholic church music of his generation in Vienna. Despite this, it appears that he was never in the employ of any religious
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peasant family. He excelled at the violin and organ from an early age, received his first musical training from his family and local musicians, the organist Anton Erban being one of his most prized mentors. From these humble beginnings he was able to earn a living as a village organist and
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the last 30 years of his life he did not work under any patron, probably being the first Viennese composer to do so. During these years, more than 270 of his works were published by Viennese printers. In the 1780s he was still an active participant in Viennese musical life. In 1782 he met
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Wanhal had to be a prolific writer to meet the demands made upon him, and attributed to him are 100 quartets, at least 73 symphonies, 95 sacred works, and a large number of instrumental and vocal works. The symphonies, in particular, have been committed increasingly often to
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Around 1780 Wanhal seems to have stopped writing large-scale instrumental music, and rather contented himself with writing piano music for the growing middle class, and church music. In the former category his programmatic pieces, often related to recent events such as "the
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Such was his success that within a few years of his symphonies being written, they were being performed around the world, and as far distant as the United States. In later life, however, he rarely moved from Vienna, where he was also an active teacher.
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account of the string quartet Wanhal played in together with Haydn, Mozart and Dittersdorf in 1784. After 1787 or so, however, he seems to have ceased performing in public, but he nevertheless was economically secure, living in good quarters near
155:, even though they were born the same year. Baron Riesch sponsored a trip to Italy in 1769, so that Wanhal could learn the Italian style of composition, which was very much in fashion. To return the favour, Wanhal was supposed to become Riesch's 147:, took him to Vienna as part of her personal train in 1760. There he quickly established himself as a teacher of singing, violin and piano to the high nobility, and he was invited to conduct his symphonies for illustrious patrons such as the 187:, either by himself, or as a cooperation with Gassmann, where Wanhal supplied some or all of the arias; these works have been lost. In additions to his documented travels in northern and central Italy, Wanhal was supposed to travel to 1391: 375:
institution. This means that his late Masses are both testaments to a genuine personal faith, and evidence of how lucrative his focus on incidental piano music must have been.
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in Venice and Rome respectively. The Italian journeys present the only knowledge we have of Wanhal writing operas: He is supposed either to have written operas over the
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in recent times, and the best of them are comparable with many of Haydn's. Many of Wanhal's symphonies are in minor keys and are considered highly influential to the "
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Johann Baptist Wanhal: Sonata for Flute and Bass, Op. 10 N. 1: Highlights from the 4 movements: Allegro-Adagio-Presto-Minuetto and Variations.
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choirmaster. He was also taught German from an early age, as this was required for someone wishing to make a career in music within the
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By the age of 21 Wanhal must have been well under way to become a skilled performer and composer, as his patron, the Countess
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families and Baron Isaac von Riesch of Dresden. During the years 1762–63, he is supposed to have been the student of
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Johann Baptist Wanhal: Simphonie Periodique, N. 22: Highlights from the 3 movements: Allegro-Andante (Piano)-Presto.
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The details of Wanhal's journey to Italy are scant, but it is known that he met his fellow Bohemians
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Mozart and Vienna: Including Selections from Johann Pezzl's 'Sketch of Vienna' (1786–90)
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symphony, no. 25 in g minor (K. 183) of 1773." This kind of style also appears in
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Themen-Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Johann Baptiste Wanhal (two volumes)
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Johann Waáč…hal, Viennese Symphonist: His Life and His Musical Environment
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pieces. In this, Gjerdingen sees Wanhal as prefiguring Beethoven.
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Porticodoro / SmartCGArt Media Productions – Classical Orchestra.
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Porticodoro / SmartCGArt Media Productions – Flute and Bassoon.
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Wanhal and at least one of his publishers used the spelling
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The Viennese Concerted Mass of the Early Classical Period
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www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Vanhal/wv_gattung.html
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Dr. Paul Bryan: Thematic Catalog of Wanhal's music.
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Index

Wanhal

Czech
composer
Nechanice
Bohemia
Vienna
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Schubert
háček
serfdom
Czech
Habsburg empire
Schaffgotsch
ErdƑdy
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Kapellmeister
Gluck
Florian Gassmann
Metastasian
Il Trionfo di Clelia
Demofonte
Naples
VaraĆŸdin
Croatia
Mozart
Michael Kelly's
St. Stephen's Cathedral

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