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Category:	Baroque Music
Name:	Jan Dismas Zelenka
Birth Year:	1679
Death Year:	1745
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Jan Dismas Zelenka Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument Zelenka was a court musician in Dresden for most of his career. Except for brief periods of travel during which he studied or participated in music research, he served as a double bass player in the court orchestra and later aided the ailing Kapellmeister in his duties. Upon the death of the Kapellmeister, the position was awarded to another musician, an event that led Zelenka to feel disillusioned by the lack of recognition he had received for his acheivements. He was a skilled contrapuntalist and a creative harmonic composer. His works are marked by extremely precise dynamic directions and some contain the unusual notation for crescendo that describes each progression in intensity, for example the words "piano", "forte" and "piu forte" written under one instrumental note. [Adapted from Karadar] The Great Books: Jan Dismas Zelenka Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Jan Dismas Zelenka. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Jan Dismas Zelenka. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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