PISCHEK, Johann Baptist
(1814–1873)> BARYTONE VOCALIST · COMP.
PISCHEK (Johann Baptist). Bohemian barytone vocalist and comp., Melnik, near Prague, Oct. 14, 1814. S. at Prague for the law, but forsook that study to appear as a vocalist, 1835. Appeared afterwards as a dramatic and concert vocalist at Pressburg and Vienna, 1837; Frankfort-on-Main, 1840; Berlin, 1843; London, 1845; Hamburg, etc. Court singer to the King of Würtemberg, Stuttgart, 1844–63. Re-appeared in London, 1846–51. Sigmaringen, Stuttgart, Feb. 16, 1873. Pischek was a vocalist of much…