Vančura, Baron Arnošt
(1750–1801)
Vančura (Wanczura, Wanskura, Wanzura, Vanzhura), Baron Arnošt (c. 1750, Vamberk, Bohemia; [?1801] 1802, P.). Bohemian harpsichordist, violinist, comp., and theater administrator. In 1783 settled in Russia, where he was director of the Imperial Theaters in P. (1786–97) and publ. the Journal de musique pour le clavecin ou pianoforte dedié aux dames (1785–94), which printed many of his keyboard works. Wrote an opera to a libretto by Catherine II and A. V. Khrapovitsky (The Brave and Bold Knight…