Antonín Jiránek (; – 16 January 1761) was a Czech violinist and composer.
Life Born in Mladá Boleslav in Bohemia, Jiránek was trained in Prague. He was the first violinist in the royal chapel in Warsaw and later in the Polish court chapel in Dresden. He composed symphonies, concerts, trio sonatas and vocal music in sensitive style. At the beginning of the 20th century, musicologists were able to attribute some of the works to his namesake František Jiránek.
Robert Eitner indicates that his daughter Franziska was the famous singer "Madame Koch"Robert Eitner: Giranek, Anton, in Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten. 4th volume. Leipzig 1901, (Numerised) Another daughter was the theatre actress Karoline Krüger.
Jiránek died in Dresden on 16 January 1761.
References
Further reading Alfred Baumgartner: Propyläen Welt der Musik. Volume 3: Hauff - Menalt. , Berlin 1989, , .
External links
Jiránek, Antonín on NKCR