Interesting Eighteenth Century Composers, Vol. II

The following composers are treated: Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, Jan August Vitásek, Josef Seger, Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Šimon Brixi, František Xaver Brixi, Bohuslav Matĕj Černohorský, Felix Benda, Josef Triebensee, František Xaver Dušek, Josef Bárta, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Josef Reicha, Anton Reicha, Vojtêch Matyáŝ Jirovec, Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba, Vincent Houška, Leopold Koželuch, Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Jan Zach, Francesco Antonio Rosetti, František Xaver Pokorný, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Josef Fiala, Jan Václav Stich, Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Jiří Družecký, Joseph Beer Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, Wenzel Krumpholz, Václav Pichl, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Josef Mysliveček, Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Antonín Kammel, Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda, František Jiránek, Václav Trnka z Křvic, Antonín Kraft, Nikolaus Kraft, Jan Dismas Zelenka, František Kramář, Pavel Vranický, Antonín Vranický, Franz Seraphin Lauska, Ferdinand Kauer, and Anton Zimmermann. Every effort has been made to provide accurate biographical details. The analyses of their music are personal impressions.