Václav Jan Kopřiva (pseudonym Urtica[1]) (8 February 1708 – 7 June 1789) was a Bohemian composer and organist.
), from the neighboring village Brloh, and his wife Juditka Rozumová (1677–?).
He received his first musical education from his godfather Martin Antonín Kalina, who was a cantor and a representative of another important music family in Cítoliby.
His spiritual compositions have typical baroque characteristics and they employ pastoral poems and folksongs.
His notable pupils include Jan Nepomuk Vent, Jan Adam Galina, Jakub Lokaj and both of his sons.