Adam Michna z Otradovic, Missa Sancti Wenceslai , Collegium 1704 , Heinr...

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Otradovice (1600-1676) was a Czech Catholic aristocrat, poet, composer, hymn writer, organist and choir leader of the early Baroque era. He is also known as Adam Michna, and during his life as Adamus Wenceslaus Michna de Ottradowicz. He was the most important Czech composer and poet of the early Baroque who initiated the development of Czech art in that era and became a significant inspiration for Czech artists of future generations.
It is said that Michna is as important for Czechs as Heinrich Schütz for Germans and Claudio Monteverdi for Italians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_V%C3%A1clav_Michna_z_Otradovic