About Wenzel Raimund Birck
Lived 1718 – 1763 (aged 44–45). Wenzel Raimund Birck was a composer.
Wenzel Raimund Johann Birck (also spelled "Pirck", "Birk", "Birckh", "Pirckh", "Pürk", and "Pürck") (1718–1763) was one of the early proponents of Symphonic music in Vienna, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn, and an early tutor for Mozart. Birck also, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil tutored a young Joseph Haydn. He was the court organist for Maria Theresia and the music teacher for emperor Joseph II.
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Who was Wenzel Raimund Birck?
Austrian composer
When was Wenzel Raimund Birck born?
Wenzel Raimund Birck was born in 1718 in Vienna.
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Wenzel Raimund Birck died on 17 July 1763 in Vienna.
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Wenzel Raimund Birck was a composer.
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