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Václav Jan Tomášek

Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (in German: Wenzel Johann Tomaschek; 17 April 1774, Skuteč, Bohemia – 3 April 1850, Prague) was an Austrian-Bohemian, by other accounts a Czech composer and music teacher. He was known as the Musical Pope of Prague. In the words of Kenneth Delong, “Highly opinionated, often sarcastic and projecting a sense of his own importance, Tomášek's memoirs also reveal him to be deeply concerned about all things artistic and intellectual: a man of courage and idealism, unflinching in his pursuit of truth in music and in life.”

Birth and Death Data: Born Skuteč, Died April 3, 1850 (Prague)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-18445 10-in. 9/21/1916 V kraje dalne Sylvia Kovarick Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tomášek, Václav Jan," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104300.

Tomášek, Václav Jan. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104300.

"Tomášek, Václav Jan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104300

External Sources

Wikipedia: Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Tomášek, Václav Jan, 1774-1850 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83142023

Wikidata: Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q918645

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/5194651

MusicBrainz: Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ede3bc91-e31a-4b54-8203-87d2cf85a7bc

Fast: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/115482 - http://id.worldcat.org/fast/115482

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