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Birth Anniversary: Václav Jan Kopřiva — February 9, 1708
09 February 2027
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Cítoliby
Born at Cítoliby in northwestern Bohemia on 9 February 1708, the son of a miller. Trained in Prague in organ playing and counterpoint under František Dollhopf, he returned to Cítoliby where he served for decades as parish organist, schoolmaster, and founder of a renowned local musical brotherhood.
Dates verified on Zdeněk Šesták, Musica antiqua Citolibensis, Supraphon, Prague, 1985; Grove Music Online, entry "Kopřiva, Václav Jan" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15343).
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