title: Karel Blažej Kopřiva
text: Karel Blažej Kopřiva (or Karl Blasius Kopriva; 9 February 1756 in Cítoliby – 15 May 1785 in Cítoliby) was a Czech organist and composer from a family of musicians.
  
  Life and career
  Kopřiva studied first with his father, the composer Václav Jan Kopřiva (1708–1789), and later with Josef Seger in Prague. Then he became organist at the St. Jacob's Church in Cítoliby. He is especially renowned for his numerous concertos and fairs.
  
  His brother Jan Jáchym Kopřiva (1754–1792) was also a notable musician.
  
  List of selected works
   12 symphonies (lost)
   8 organ concertos (one survived)
   Missa Solemnis in Dis
   Requiem in C
   Motetti: Dictamina mea (in Dis), Gloria Deo (in D), Veni sponsa Christi (in D)
   Offertorium O, magna coeli Domina (in C)
   Arias: Ah, cordi trito (in Dis), Amoenitate vocum (in D), Quod pia voce cano (in Dis), Siste ultricem dexteram (in B)
  
  Solo organ works (complete)
   Prelude in C major
   Fugue-pastorella in C major
   Fugue in A flat major
   Fugue in F minor
   Fughetta after Handel in G major
   Fuga supra cognomen DEBEFE in D minor
   Fugue in A minor
  
  Sources
   Karel Blažej Kopřiva biography 
   Another biography
  
  External links
   
  
  1756 births
  1785 deaths
  Czech Classical-period composers
  Czech male classical composers
  Czech classical organists
  Male classical organists
  People from Louny District
  18th-century classical composers
  18th-century male musicians
  18th-century keyboardists