Václav January Kopřiva was a Bohemian composer and organist.
Background
Kopřiva was a son of the miller Václav Kopřiva (1672–?), from the neighboring village Brloh, and his wife Juditka Rozumová (1677–?). He received his first musical education from his godfather Martin Antonín Kalina, who was a cantor and a representative of another important music family in Cítoliby.
Education
He completed his studies in Prague, becoming an organist at the Crusaders" Church and studying with Franz Joseph Dollhopf.
Career
Thereafter he worked as a cantor and organist in Cítoliby. His spiritual compositions have typical baroque characteristics and they employ pastoral poems and folksongs. Missa pastoralis in Doctorate
Missu brevis in C
Offertorium pastorale in A "Huc, huc ad regem pastorum", for soprano, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
Offertorium in Doctorate groot "Te Trinitas beata", for choir, orchestra and organ
Offertorium ex Doctorate "Vox clamantis in deserto", for soprano, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
Offertorium es Doctorate de sancto Joanne Baptista "Vox clemantis in deserto", for soprano, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
Rorate coeli ex F, cantata for alto, tenor, mixed choir, strings and organization