Antonín Vranický

Antonín Vranický, Germanized as Anton Wranitzky, and also seen as Wranizky, was a Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the half brother of Pavel Vranický.

Training and career

Born in Nová Říše, he first studied philosophy in Olomouc and then law and music in Brno from 1778 to 1782.
He was a pupil of Mozart, Haydn and Albrechtsberger, as mentioned in a letter from Pavel Vranický to the music publisher André. Then, he returned to the service of Prince Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz of Bohemia, the future patron of Beethoven, and became Lobkowitz's chapel master in 1797. In 1799, he participated in the first performance of Haydn's The Creation.
In June 1804, he performed the first performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto. In 1807 he was Orchestra director of the Theater am Kärntnertor. In 1814, he became director of the Theater an der Wien. He died in Vienna.

Op. 1 Three string quartets. Published by Hofmeister around 1803.
Op. 2 Three string quartets. Published in Vienna by Magazin du Musique around 1790.
Op. 4 Three string quartets.
Op. 5 Six string quartets. Published by André, around 1800.
Op. 6 Sonatas for violin with the accompaniment of a bass
Op. 7 Variations for 2 violins.
Op. 8 String quintets. Of these no. 2 in G minor was republished in a collection of classical string quintets by Schott in Mainz in 2005, along with quintets by František Krommer, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Ignaz Pleyel, Giuseppe Cambini, Johann Evangelist Brandl, Václav Pichl, Gaetano Brunetti, Antonio Capuzzi, Florian Leopold Gassmann and Francesco Zanetti. André published the set as "Drei Quintetten fûr eine Violine, zwei Violen und zwei Violoncelle... 8tes. Werk." in 1802.
Op. 9 Duos for 2 violins.
Op. 10 String quintet for violin, two violas and two cellos.
Op. 11. Concerto for violin in C major. Published by Duhan in 1804. Republished in a more recent edition in 1958 by Český hudební found in Prague.
Op. 20 Three duos for two violins
Op. 56 Two sonatas for violin with bass

"Musique du carrousel éxécuté par la noblesse de Vienne"
Twenty Variations for two violins.
Cassatio in F major for five violas or four violas and bassoon
Duet for violin and cello in C minor.
Duet for violin and cello in G minor.
Symphonies including:
*Symphony in C minor, C4; edited by Eva Hennigová-Dubová and published in The Symphony in Hungary, The Symphony, 1720-1840. Series B; v. 12. New York : Garland Publishing, Inc., 1984.
*Symphony in D, also edited by Eva Hennigová, released in the series Maestri antichi boemi in 1976.
*Symphony in C major from 1796 Aphrodite recorded by Vladimír Válek and the Dvořák Chamber Orchestra.
Trio for two oboes and English horn in C major. Modern publisher: Basel, Switzerland : Edition Kneusslin, c1982.
Echo-Sonate in D major for 4 flutes; modern publisher: Zimmermann in Frankfurt, 2000
Trio in E♭ nos. 1-3, for violin, viola and horn
Concertos in A and in B♭ for violin and orchestra.
At least six concertante string quartets which may not have an opus number to add to the above.
Mass in E♭
Possibly an octet partita for winds in F major once ascribed to Joseph Haydn.
Quintet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass in G minor