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Sheet music for Jan Krtitel Vanhal
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra C major
Viola-solo, piano - Level 3
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Edited by Vilem Blazek. Arranged by Jan Plichta. Stapled. Replaces H 3586. Piano reduction, part(s). Duration 28 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11531-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11531-90).
Minuetto
Guitar - Grade 3
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Edited by Andres Segovia. This edition: GA 163; folded. Guitar/Plucked Instruments. Gitarren-Archiv (Guitar Archive). Schott Music #GA 163. Published by Schott Music (SD.49010725).
Easy Sonatinas
Piano
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Czech title: Snadne sonatiny. Teaching Manuals. Performance score. With Publication language: Czech. Editio Baerenreiter Praha #H02825. Published by Editio Baerenreiter Praha (PA.H02825).
Twelve Sonatinas
Piano
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Czech title: Dvanact sonatin. Classical. Performance score. With Publication language: Czech/German/English. Editio Baerenreiter Praha #H07461. Published by Editio Baerenreiter Praha (PA.H07461).
Concerto
Cello, piano
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Czech title: Koncert A dur pro violoncello a orchestr. Classical. Piano reduction. With Publication language: Czech. Editio Baerenreiter Praha #H06973. Published by Editio Baerenreiter Praha (PA.H06973).
Sonatina Pieces I
Piano
Composed by Jan Krtitel Vanhal. Czech title: Ze sonatin I. Teaching Manuals. Performance score. With Publication language: Czech. Editio Baerenreiter Praha #H03731. Published by Editio Baerenreiter Praha (PA.H03731).
Many symphonies, sonatas, 1 double bass concerto, other concerti, light piano variations.
Also wrote much church music: 60 masses, 2 Requiems, 60+ motets, a Stabat Mater, and others.
Vanhal was a student of Dittersdorf and was considered one of the best symphonists of his day. His music was popular in its time, but like that of many composers it fell out of favor as time moved on. Vanhal suffered some sort of mental breakdown for a year or two, and some say he never fully recovered. It is possible to hear traces of his illness in his music: the ratio of minor to major keys in his works is much higher than with other composers of the day, and he had a fondness for dissonant chromatic "sighing" motifs. One of his G-minor symphonies has been ranked with those in the same key by Haydn and Mozart. In his later years he turned to ligher, less substantial works for the amateur player, mostly keyboard variations.
Source: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, my teachers.