About Josef Bárta
Lived 1744 – 1787 (aged 42–43). Josef Bárta was a composer and organist.
Josef Bárta (also Josef Bartha; – 13 June 1787) was a Czech composer and organist.
Life Bárta was born in in Prague, Bohemia. He was a priest and organist at the Church of Saint Salvator in Prague. Before 1772, he moved to Vienna. He died in Vienna on 13 June 1787.
In addition to three operas and a singspiel, Bárta wrote piano sonatas, string quartets, and 13 symphonies. His other works are presumed lost.
Works La Diavolessa by Carlo Goldoni, 1772 Da ist nicht gut zu raten (There's no good guessing), comic opera, 1778 Der adlige Taglöhner (The noble laborer), singspiel, 1780 Il Mercato di Malmantile, 1784 13 symphonies, Prague, Narodni Muzeum (Milada Rutová)
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Who was Josef Bárta?
Czech priest, composer and organist
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Josef Bárta was born in 1744 in Prague.
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Josef Bárta died on 13 June 1787 in Vienna.
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Josef Bárta was a composer and organist.
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