Jan Dismas Zelenka

Czech baroque composer

Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745) was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.

Zelenka was raised in Central Bohemia, educated in Prague and Vienna, and spent his professional life in Dresden. The greatest success during his career was the performance of the extensive composition Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis in the presence of the Emperor Charles VI, shortly after his coronation as king of Bohemia in 1723.

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Works

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Gesu al calvario
Il Diamante
Il Serpente di Bronzo
Magnificat in D major
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis
Missa Votiva
Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis