Music at the Habsburg Courts: Vienna and Prague (1650–1750)

1. Antonio Bertali leads the imperial chapel

   Jan 1, 1649Labels: Antonio Bertali, Hofmusikkapelle

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2. Leopold I becomes Holy Roman Emperor

   Jul 18, 1658Labels: Leopold I, Habsburg Court

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3. Hofburg “comedy playhouse” built for court spectacles

   Jan 1, 1659Labels: Hofburg Theatre, Lodovico Burnacini

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4. Bertali dies; Sances succeeds as Kapellmeister

   Apr 17, 1669Labels: Giovanni Sances, Antonio Bertali

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5. Schmelzer becomes vice-Kapellmeister in Vienna

   Apr 13, 1671Labels: Johann Heinrich, Vice-Kapellmeister

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6. Schmelzer ennobled by Leopold I

   Jun 14, 1673Labels: Johann Heinrich, Leopold I

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7. Vienna plague disrupts court; music shifts to Prague

   Jan 1, 1679Labels: Vienna Plague, Prague

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8. Schmelzer becomes Kapellmeister, then dies in Prague

   Mar 20, 1680Labels: Johann Heinrich, Prague

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9. Johann Joseph Fux appointed court composer in Vienna

   Jan 1, 1698Labels: Johann Joseph, Vienna

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10. Fux becomes imperial Kapellmeister under Charles VI

    Jan 1, 1715Labels: Johann Joseph, Charles VI

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11. Prague stages Fux’s “Costanza e Fortezza” for coronation festivities

    Aug 28, 1723Labels: Costanza e, Prague Castle

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12. Count Sporck’s Prague opera theater begins regular Italian seasons

    Jan 1, 1724Labels: Count Sporck, Prague Opera

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13. “La pravità castigata” performed at Sporck’s theater

    Jan 1, 1730Labels: La pravit, Antonio Denzio

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14. Sporck opera enterprise collapses, ending an early Prague era

    Jan 1, 1735Labels: Sporck Opera, Prague

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