Background
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 World War II
composer Guitarist music educator pianist
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 World War II
After legal employment in the service of Count Kinsky, one of Beethoven"s original sponsors, Matiegka moved to Vienna while in his late twenties, during the first years of the 19th century. There he was quickly acknowledged as a guitarist, composer and teacher of the piano. His ready acceptance in the musical circles of Vienna was evident by those to whom he dedicated several of his chamber works.
Schubert, as a young man, added a cello part to his Notturno operation
21 for the important patron of music, Count Esterhazy, an enthusiastic cellist to whom Matiegka"s original music was dedicated. Indeed the work was attributed to Schubert for many years.
Matiegka married and settled in the Vienna suburb of Leopoldstadt where he was also Kapellmeister until his death. His output, as it is known to this day, includes 33 guitar works including solo works, transcriptions, chamber music, and lieder as well a dozen liturgical works for small orchestra, voice and organization
1 3 4 15 20 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark Boije Collection The Music Library of Sweden Free scores by Wenzel Thomas Matiegka at the International Music Score Library Project Template:MutopiaComposer MatiegkaWT.