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Wenzel Raimund Johann Birck (also spelled "Pirck", "Birk", "Birckh", "Pirckh", "Pürk", and "Pürck") (1718–1763) was one of the early proponents of Symphonic music in Vienna, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn, and an early tutor for Mozart. Birck also, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil tutored a young Joseph Haydn. He was the court organist for Maria Theresia and the music teacher for emperor Joseph II.

See also

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony

References

• Biba, Otto. 2001. "Pirck, Wenzel Raimund (Johann)". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
• American Fact Finders: Ludwig van Beethoven
• The Mozart Project

Notes

1. Klassika:Wenzel Raimund Johann Birck
2. The Mozart Project, Characters on the periphery Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. Daniel Heartz (1995). Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School: 1740-1780. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03712-6.

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