Education
He was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits in Brenitz. He studied in Vienna under Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Florian Gassmann.
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He was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits in Brenitz. He studied in Vienna under Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Florian Gassmann.
In 1784, he became a concert master in Saint Vitus Cathedral for thirty years and the organist at the Strahov Monastery. As one of the most respected Czechoslovakian composers of his time, he also composed serious Italian operas: Allesandro nell" Indie was performed in 1769 and Demofoonte in 1772.