Josef Bárta, also Josef Bartha, (1744 in Prague - 13 June 1787 in Vienna ) was a Czech composer.

Bárta was a priest and organist at the Salvator Church in Prague. He then moved to Vienna. In addition to three operas and a singspiel, Bárta wrote piano sonatas, string quartets, and 13 symphonies. His other works are presumed lost.

Works

  • La Diavolessa by Carlo Goldoni, 1772
  • Da ist nicht gut zu raten (There's no good guessing), comic opera, 1778
  • Der adlige Taglöhner (The noble laborer), singspiel, 1780
  • Il Mercato di Malmantile, 1784
  • 13 symphonies, Prague, Narodni Muzeum (Milada Rutová)

Further reading

  • Hellmut Federhofer: The Thundering Legion of Joseph Barta . In Rainer Cadenbach, Helmut Loos (ed.): Contributions to the history of the oratorio since Handel. Festschrift Günther Massenkeil 60th birthday. Voggenreiter, Bonn, 1986, ISBN 3-8024-0146-8, pp. 135–150.
  • Jaromír Havlík: Symfonie Antonína Laubeho a Josefa Barty . Prague 1975 (dissertation).
  • Camillo Schoenbaum: The Bohemian musicians in the music history of Vienna from Baroque to Romanticism . In: Studies in Music Science (StMw) 25, 1962, ISSN 0930-9578, pp. 475–495, (Festschrift for Erich Schenk).
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