Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) was a Czech baroque composer, whose music wa… Read Full Bio ↴Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) was a Czech baroque composer, whose music was adventurous and noted for its great harmonic invention and mastery of counterpoint.
Zelenka was born in 1679 in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Czechia, and received his early musical training from his father who was a schoolmaster and organist in Louňovice pod Blaníkem. It is thought that his early formal training was at a Jesuit college. After working in the service of Baron Hartig, imperial governor of Prague, Zelenka moved in 1710 to Dresden where he played the violone (double-bass viol) in the court orchestra. His musical studies continued in Vienna and Venice between 1715 and 1716. He returned to Dresden around 1719 as assistant to Kappelmeister Johann David Heinichen. Despite taking on many of the Kappelmeister's duties during Heinichen's years of ill health and eventual death, Zelenka was denied the prestigious post he aspired to. He spent his last ten years in the lesser post of "church music composer" at the court, dying in Dresden in 1745. Many of his surviving manuscripts are for sacred works.
Zelenka was born in 1679 in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Czechia, and received his early musical training from his father who was a schoolmaster and organist in Louňovice pod Blaníkem. It is thought that his early formal training was at a Jesuit college. After working in the service of Baron Hartig, imperial governor of Prague, Zelenka moved in 1710 to Dresden where he played the violone (double-bass viol) in the court orchestra. His musical studies continued in Vienna and Venice between 1715 and 1716. He returned to Dresden around 1719 as assistant to Kappelmeister Johann David Heinichen. Despite taking on many of the Kappelmeister's duties during Heinichen's years of ill health and eventual death, Zelenka was denied the prestigious post he aspired to. He spent his last ten years in the lesser post of "church music composer" at the court, dying in Dresden in 1745. Many of his surviving manuscripts are for sacred works.
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Plsalm 130
Jan Dismas Zelenka Lyrics
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Pedro Santos
1 Canticum graduum. De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
2 Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.
3 Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
4 Quia apud te propitiatio est; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius:
5 Speravit anima mea in Domino.
6 A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
7 Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
8 Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius.
Pedro Santos
1 Canticum graduum. De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
2 Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.
3 Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
4 Quia apud te propitiatio est; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius:
5 Speravit anima mea in Domino.
6 A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
7 Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
8 Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius.
Snufkinandmumi
This is amazing, deep and I know not what. Thank you for posting, you've got me listening to classical music again :)
zyzybaluba3000
Beautiful.
James Chiu
Zelenka never attained a position — and thus opportunity — commensurate with his superlative genius. His career was made in writing church music — but this is an incomplete picture of his gifts. His astonishing trio sonatas were written with a freedom and brilliance that far surprises the trio sonatas of Handel and Bach.
Victor Heredia
Es verdad,Zelenka fue un compositor universal que no se le dio el reconocimiento que se debia,gracias a Dios nosotros podemos disfrutar de su música y reconociendolo como un compositor que llego tan lejos como Johann Sebastian Bach...
Polomokipo
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
( LOUNOVICE 1679-1745 DRESDE )
DE PROFONDIS IN D MINOR - ZWV 50. II FONDAMENTO CONDUCTOR PAUL DOMBRECHT. Une merveille voix magnifique musique Eternel bravo il est considéré comme le plus important compositeur de la période baroque tchèque. Merci pour ce moment de musique baroque avec ZELENKA.
Alfredo alf
Scritto in suffragio di suo padre. Non conosco nessun altro brano,di nessun altro compositore del suo periodo, dedicato ad un proprio genitore scomparso.
Ronnie Moore
Zelenka was an almost exact contemporary of JS Bach and stayed with Bach when he visited Leipzig. Telemann was also an acquaintance; Zelenka studied the Italians (including Vivaldi) closely and I think that is what sets him off from Bach.
In some senses, he is the bridge between Bach and Mozart.
Victor Heredia
Visitó Leipzig?
Adas Sanyal
First Comment! This is one amazing piece of music.