Death Anniversary: František Ignác Antonín Tůma — January 30, 1774
He died in Vienna on 30 January 1774 at the Premonstratensian monastery of Geras. Appointed Kapellmeister to Dowager Empress Elisabeth Christine from 1741 to 1750, his profound sacred masses, motets, and instrumental sinfonias fused severe Austrian counterpoint with expressive Bohemian melodic warmth.
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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