Janovka, Tomáš Baltazar
(1660–1715)
TOMÁŠ BALTAZAR JANOVKAJANOVKA, TOMÁŠ BALTAZARTOMÁŠ BALTAZAR JANOVKA [* 1660?-† 1715?] The Czech organist Tomáš Baltazar Janovka produced an impressive though not widely circulated volume called Clavis ad thesaurum magnae artis musicae (1701), which presents a large body of theoretical information in dictionary format. The titles of some of the longer articles give an indication of its scope: Tactus, Tonus, Scala, Transposition. Janovka was particularly sensitive to the wide variety of styles…