Josef Triebensee (Nov 21, 1772 Třeboň-Apr. 22, 1846 Prague) was a Bohemia

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n composer and oboist.

He studied composition with Albrechtsberger and oboe with his father, Georg Triebensee (Jy 28, 1746-Jn. 14, 1813). He served in the private orchestra of Prince Schwarzenberg, and from 1782-1806 as first oboist of the Austrian Emperor's Harmonie (wind band). Concurrently, he also served as principal oboist at the Nationaltheater of Vienna. Other associations included second oboist at the Kärntnertortheater, Kappellmeister to Prince Liechtenstein's Harmonie at Feldsberg, the private orchestra of Count Hunyady (from 1811), a theater composer in Brno

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, and from 1816 to his retirement 1836, director of the Prague Opera where he succeeded composer Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

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. Unlike Weber, his operas found little success.

Triebensee was the second oboist at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna in 1791 when he played the premiere of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - explaining the peculiar difficulty of the second oboe parts in that work.

Triebensee's most important compositions were two sets of Harmoniemusik

Harmoniemusik

Harmoniemusik is a musical term denoting a form of 18th century chamber music similar to Tafelmusik, but almost exclusively for wind instruments. From 1780 until 1840 harmoniemusik flourished in the courts of Europe...

, the second appearing in 32 installments of ten or more movements. He wrote 12 comic operas for Vienna and Prague as well as vocal, orchestral, and chamber works.

Works for Winds

• 1805 Treurmars, for wind octet
• Concertino, for fortepiano, wind octet (2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2 bsn) and contrabassoon
  1. Adagio - Allegro Molto
  2. Menuetto
  3. Andante con vars
  4. Menuetto
  5. Rondo
• Partita in B-flat major, for wind octet
  1. Adagio - Allegro Moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto
  4. Allegro con moto
• Partita in E-flat Major, for wind octet
  1. Allegro Vivace
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto
  4. Rondo
• Partita in D-minor, for wind octet
• Suite in B-flat Major
• Suite in E-flat Major
• Variations on an Original March

Operas

Year	Title	acts	première	libretto
1798	Die Liebe macht kurzen Prozess (or: Heirat auf gewisse Art); (with: Matthäus Stegmayer, J. Wölfl, Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a German composer and music publisher.Born in Rottenburg am Neckar, he went to Vienna at the age of fourteen to study law... , Joh. B. Henneberg, Franz Xaver Süßmayr and Jakob Haibel Jakob Haibel Jakob Haibel was an Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster.-Biography:Around 1789, Haibel joined Emanuel Schikaneder’s company of performers at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. While there, he acted in plays and sang in operas and other musical productions... )	2	March 26, 1798, Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden	Joachim Perinet
1799	Der rote Geist im Donnergebirge (2 cd act composed by Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried)	2	June 5, 1799, Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden	Matthäus Stegmayer
1820	Divoká honba - Die wilde Jagd		March 8, 1820, Prague, State Opera (Stavovské divadlo)	Sebastian Willibald Schiessler
1820–1821	Manželé podle módy - Die Ehemänner nach der Mode	3	January 31, 1821, Prague, State Opera (Stavovské divadlo)	J. von Seyfried
1823	Telemach na ostrově Ogygisa - Telemach auf der Insel Ogygia	2	January 10, 1824, Prague, State Theater (Stavovské divadlo)	K.J. Schikaneder

Chamber music

• 1844 Trio in F Major, for two oboes and alto oboe [English horn]
• 1844 Trio in C groot, voor two oboes and alto oboe
• 1844 Trio in B-flat Major, for two oboes and alto oboe
• Gran Quintuor, for piano, clarinet, English horn, basset horn, and basson.
• Menuetto con Variazioni in F
• Variace na Mozartovo téma
• Variations on Hadyn's symphony nr. 94 „mit dem Paukenschlag“, for two oboes and alto oboe

Arrangements for Harmonie ensemble

• Joseph Haydn
  Joseph Haydn
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   (1732–1809): Symphony in G Major - "Oxford" (Nr. 92), arranged for 9-part harmonie.
  1. Adagio / Allegro spirituoso
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuetto, Allegretto
  4. Presto
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
   (1756–1791): Don Giovanni, Overture and arias for harmonie (2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2 bsn, cbsn (ad lib.))
  1. Ouvertura
  2. Introduzione. Notte e giorno faticar
  3. Madamina, il catalogo è questo
  4. Giovinette che fate all' amore
  5. Dalla sua pace
  6. Fin ch'han dal vino
  7. Batti, Batti, o bel Masetto
  8. Presto presto pria ch'ei venga
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
   (1756–1791): La clemenza di Tito, Overture and aria for harmonie
  1. Overture
  2. Deh prendi un dolce amplesso
  3. Marcia
  4. Del piu sublime soglio
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
   (1756–1791): Cosi fan tutte, for harmonie
• Luigi Cherubini
  Luigi Cherubini
  Luigi Cherubini was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries....
  
   (1760–1842): - overture and arias from the opera Medea for wind octet
• Franz Schubert
  Franz Schubert
  Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
  
   (1797–1828): music for the romantic play "Rosamunde, Vorstin van Cyprus" Helmina von Chezy
  Helmina von Chézy
  Helmina von Chézy , born Wilhelmine von Klencke, was a German journalist, poet and playwright, most famous for writing the libretto for Carl Maria von Weber's opera Euryanthe and the play Rosamunde, for which Franz Schubert provided incidental music.This article uses material from the German...
  
  D 797, arranged for harmonie.