Antonín Vranický, Germanized as Anton Wranitzky, and also seen as Wranizky (13 June 1761 – 6 August 1820), was a Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the half brother of Pavel Vranický.
Born in Nová Říše, he first studied philosophy in Olomouc and then law and music in Brno from 1778 to 1782.
He was a pupil of Mozart, Haydn and Albrechtsberger, as mentioned in a letter from Pavel Vranický to the music publisher André. Then, he returned to the service of Prince Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz of Bohemia, the future patron of Beethoven, and became Lobkowitz's chapel master in 1797. In 1799, he participated in the first performance of Haydn's The Creation.
In June 1804, he performed the first performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto. In 1807 he was Orchestra director of the Theater am Kärntnertor (the Vienna Court Theater). In 1814, he became director of the Theater an der Wien. He died in Vienna.
Op. 1 Three string quartets. Published by Hofmeister around 1803. (These dates not necessarily those of their first editions- more likely republications.)
Op. 2 Three string quartets. (in C, F and B♭) Published in Vienna by Magazin du Musique around 1790. (Duke University Library has a copy.)
Op. 5 Six string quartets. Published by André, around 1800.
Op. 6 Sonatas for violin with the accompaniment of a bass (A copy is in a library in the Hague.)
Op. 7 Variations for 2 violins. (Published by André in 1807. For source see op. 6.)
Op. 8 String quintets (with two cellos). Of these no. 2 in G minor was republished in a collection of classical string quintets by Schott in Mainz in 2005, along with quintets by František Krommer, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Ignaz Pleyel, Giuseppe Cambini, Johann Evangelist Brandl, Václav Pichl, Gaetano Brunetti, Antonio Capuzzi, Florian Leopold Gassmann and Francesco Zanetti. André published the set as "Drei Quintetten fûr eine Violine, zwei Violen und zwei Violoncelle ... 8tes. Werk." in 1802.
Op. 9 Duos for 2 violins. (Published in 1804 by Imbault. See op. 6.)
Op. 10 String quintet for violin, two violas and two cellos. (published 1803, republished 1996)
Op. 11. Concerto (no. 7?) for violin in C major. Published by Duhan in 1804. Republished in a more recent edition in 1958 by Český hudební found in Prague.
Op. 20 Three duos for two violins (republished by Walhall in Magdeburg, in 2002)
Op. 56 Two sonatas for violin with bass
"Musique du carrousel éxécuté par la noblesse de Vienne" (about 1803.)
Twenty Variations for two violins. (published in 1791 in Vienna by Magazin de musique)
Cassatio in F major for five violas or four violas and bassoon (Rarities for Strings Publications in Bristol, Conn., 1979.)