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Birth Anniversary: František Ignác Antonín Tůma — October 2, 1704
02 October 2027
Born at Kostelec nad Orlicí in Bohemia on 2 October 1704, the son of a parish organist. Moving to Prague as a choirboy at the Clementinum, he traveled to Vienna where he became a distinguished pupil of the imperial Kapellmeister Johann Joseph Fux.
Dates verified on Grove Music Online, entry "Tůma, František Ignác Antonín" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28574); Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online (https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_T/Tuma_Frantisek.xml).
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