Josef Mysliveček (March 9, 1737 – February 4, 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant compositional models in the genres of symphony, Italian serious opera, and violin concerto; both Wolfgang and his father Leopold Mozart considered him an intimate friend from the time of their first meetings in Bologna in 1770 until he betrayed their trust over the promise of an operatic commission for Wolfgang to be arranged with the management of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He was close to the Mozart family and there are frequent references to him in the Mozart correspondence.
Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) - Airs de trompettes
Jean-Baptiste de Lully (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli]; Italian: Giovanni Battista Lulli) (28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born, French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in 1661.
Michel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (15 December 1657 - 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grand motets. He also wrote orchestral suites known as "Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy" and ballets. His works foreshadowed the cantatas of JS Bach and the Water Music and oratorios of Handel.
Joseph Martin Kraus was a composer in the classical era who is sometimes referred to as "the Swedish Mozart" (Mozart's life dates are nearly the same as those of Kraus). Kraus was born on June 20, 1756 in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21 and died at the age of 36 on December 15, 1792 in Stockholm.
John Field (26 July 1782 (?), baptized 5 September 1782 – 23 January 1837) was an Irish pianist, composer, and teacher. He was born in Dublin into a musical family, and received his early education there. The Fields soon moved to London, where Field studied under Muzio Clementi. Under his tutelage, Field quickly became a famous and sought-after concert pianist; together, master and pupil visited Paris, Vienna, and St. Petersburg. The Russian capital impressed Field so much that he eventually decided to stay behind when Clementi left, and from about 1804 was particularly active in Russia.
Field was very highly regarded by his contemporaries and his playing and compositions influenced many major composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, and Liszt. He is best known today for originating the piano nocturne, a form later made famous by Chopin, as well as for his substantial contribution, through concerts and teaching, to the development of the Russian piano school.
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795): Sinfonia No. 9 in A Major
JiřàAntonÃÂn Benda, also Georg Anton Benda or J.A. Benda (30 June 1722 – 6 November 1795) was a Czech kapellmeister, violinist and composer.
JiřàDružecký (German: Georg Druschetzky, also known as Giorgio Druschetzky, also Druzechi, Druzecky; born in JemnÃÂky near Pchery, April 7, 1745 – June 21, 1819) was a Bohemian composer, oboist, and timpanist.
He studied oboe with the noted oboist and composer Carlo Besozzi in Dresden. He then joined the band of an infantry regiment in Eger, with which he was later stationed (sequentially) in Vienna, Enns, Linz, and Branau. In 1777 he was certified as a drummer. It is believed he started writing music in the 1770s, most of it for his band. He also wrote chamber music and music for orchestra, including 27 Symphonies and Concertos for various instruments. A couple of his operas survive, but one suite of incidental music and a ballet are lost. Druschetzky is credited with one of the earliest uses of the BACH motif. Druschetzky died in Buda
Johann Ernst Eberlin - Sinfonia in sol magg. - 1. Allegro
Johann Ernst Eberlin (27 March 1702 – 19 June 1762) was a German composer and organist whose works bridge the baroque and classical eras. He was a prolific composer, chiefly of church organ and choral music.
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