Article: Wenceslao Pichl (1741-1805) was he a member of the Bologna Accademia Filarmonica?(profiles)

When the talented singer, violinist, composer, capellmeister and music historian Vaclav (Wenceslao) Pichl (1741-1805) was born in Bechyne in South Bohemia in 1741, he was entering the political and musical Europe of the Empress Marie Theresa and the Prussian King Frederick II, who were just making the Peace of Breslau. The same year saw the birth of the composers A. M. Gretry, J. G. Krebs, A. L. Tomasini, Jean-Pierre Duport and B. Giacometti. Handel was completing his oratorio The Messiah in 23 days and J. Ph. Rameau finishing his famous harpsichord cycle Pieces de clavecin en concerts. Vitus Bering crossed from Russia into Alaska and Anders Celsius introduced the decimal ...

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