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František Tůma

Czech composer

Died when: 69 years 120 days (831 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

František Tůma

František Ignác Antonín Tuma (2 October 1704, in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia – 3 February 1774, in Vienna) was a Czech composer of the Baroque era.

He lived the greater part of his life in Vienna, first as director of music for Franz Joseph, Count Kinsky, later filling a similar office for the widow of Emperor Charles VI.

He was an important late-baroque composer, organist, gambist and theorbist.


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