Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka and also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka or Johannes Lucas Ignatius Dismas Zelenka, was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and counterpoint.
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16 October 1679 Louňovice pod Blaníkem, Bohemia
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Died |
23 December 1745 (aged 66) Dresden, Holy Roman Empire
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Zodiac | Libra |
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