Václav Jan Tomášek (17.4.1774 - 3.4.1850)

Type:	musical composer
Description:	Born in Skuteč, the most distinguished Czech musical composer of the pre-Smetana period, pedagogue, and representative of the Prague musical life. Until 1824 he served as a music teacher for aristocratic families and later founded his own music institute in Prague. His students included, among others, J.V. Voříšek and E. Hanslick. He wrote piano compositions, particularly eclogues, dithyrambs and rhapsodies, songs (with texts from J. W. Goethe, F. Schiller, and the Royal Court Manuscript), as well as church music. He composed the opera Serafina, and wrote an autobiography. He died in Prague in 1850.
More information available at Wikipedia:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Jan_K%C5%99titel_Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1ek
Specialized guides:	Eva Medřická
Related tourist points of interest:	Municipal museum in Skuteč [1] Memorial Hall of Václav Jan Tomášek [2] [3]

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