Jiří Ignác Línek (21 January 1725 – 30 December 1791) was a

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and

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, said to have composed over 300 works in his lifetime. He is especially noted for his

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pastorals and for his initiation of a literary brotherhood within

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Life

He was born at

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. In the period official register, his name was entered as Linka, but he always signed himself Linek. He studied at the

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gymnasium in

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; later, he studied composition with

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., p. 296 From 1747 to his death, he was a teacher, choirmaster and member of the literary fraternity in Bakov nad Jizerou. He died of

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; his gravesite is unknown.

Style

Most of Linek's music was composed for the church. His favorite instrument was the

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. Many of his religious works were composed on

texts. He composed at least thirty pastorals,

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''sepolcros'', as well as devotional pieces dedicated to

St. John Nepomucene John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus IV ...

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1725 births 1791 deaths Czech Baroque composers Czech male classical composers People from Bakov nad Jizerou 18th-century classical composers 18th-century male musicians {{CzechRepublic-composer-stub