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Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von
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Portrait, biography, and partial discography from Here Of A Sunday Morning the radio program.
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HOASM: Carl [Karl] Ditters von Dittersdorf Composer and violin virtuoso; born Carl Ditters. Through service in Karl VI's army, his father had gained a position as costume designer in the imperial theater. In 1750 the boy Carl obtained a post as violinist in Vienna's Schottenkircheorchestra. Prince...Library of Congress Citations.
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Library Citations: Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) Please wait for Page to Load or Enter Here...Biography showing his wide and deep influence upon Austrian music as violinist, Kapellmeister, and composer of Singspiels and other vocal works plus instrumental pieces from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=2571
Recommended recordings and portrait from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Dittersdorf Unless explicitly specified otherwise, this page and all other pages at this site are Copyright © 1995-2005 by Classical Net. Use of text, images, or any other copyrightable material contained in these pages, without the written permission of the copyright...Brief biography, caricature, summaries of stage, vocal and choral, orchestral, and chamber music, and Naxos discography.
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Composer Dittersdorf had composition lessons from Giuseppe Bonno in his native Vienna and served as a violinist in the orchestra of the Prince of Sachsen-Hildburghausen, followed by a position in the imperial theatre. There followed a period as Kapellmeister to the...Portrait, biography, and list of works from Artaria Editions.
http://www.artaria.com/Composer/Dittersdorf.htm
Karadar dictionary entry with life, comparison to contemporaries, links, and portrait.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 Dittersdorf enjoyed a reputation as a composer that even eclipsed that of Haydn and Mozart. He was born as Karl Ditters, in Vienna, on November 2, 1739. His father was an embroidery worker, and fortunately knew enough of music to...