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Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745) was a Bohemianbaroque composer.

Life

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Zelenka was born in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Bohemia.^[1] It is a small market town southeast of Prague.

He was baptized as Jan Lukas Zelenka. His first music teacher was likely his father, Jiři. His father was an organist and organist in Louňovice.

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He received more musical training at the Jesuit college Clementinum in Prague. He learned to play the violone (a kind of contrabass in the Baroque period).

Education

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In 1709, he studied with Johann Hubert Hartig in Prague.^[2] Zelenka had access to a lot of Italian baroque music through his teacher's library.

Move to Dresden

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Zelenka moved to Dresden in 1710 or 1711.

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He became the violone player in the Dresden court orchestra. He received a salary of 300 thalers when he started working in Dresden. He must have been a