A Final Look at Eighteenth Century Composers, Vol. XIX

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Included are two composers from the Ragusan Republic: Count Luka Sorkočević and Ivan Mane Jarnović. Also treated are the following English composers: Capel Bond, Giacobbe Basevi, John Garth, and the Camidge family. From Germany we learn about the following: Johann Friedrich Alberti, Giovanni Henrico Albicastro, Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Johann Melchior Molter, Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel , Adam Falckenhagen, Johann Christian Hertel, Sebastian Bodinus, Johann Peter Kellner, Johann Christoph Kellner, Hermann Friedrich Raupach, Johann Christian Fischer, Johann Gottfried Eckard, Anton Schweitzer, Ernst Dietrich Adolph Eichner, Anton Ferdinand Titz, Theodor von Schacht, Joseph Schuster, Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Justin Heinrich Knecht, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Federigo Fiorillo, Carl Siegemund Schönebeck, Johannes Simon Mayr, Johann Andreas Amon, Friedrich Jeremias Witt, and Johann Gottfried Arnold. Austria furnished the following composers: Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, Karl Ignaz Augustin Kohaut, Amandus Ivanschiz, Franz Joseph Aumann, Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti, Christoph Sonnleithner, Edmund Angerer, Wenzel Müller, and Johann Georg Lickl. Hungarian composers include Jan Francisci, Franz Grill, and János Spech. The island of Malta produced Girolamo Abos and Francesco Azopardi. Two composers were French: Charles Desmazures and Laurent Desmazures. Finally, Julije Bajamonti came from Split.

About Daniel Zimmermann

Daniel Zimmermann was born in Merrill, Wisconsin, and grew up in Hustisford, Wisconsin. He was graduated as valedictorian from Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin. His valedictory concerned the ancient philosopher Plotinus. Special honors were third place in an Eta Sigma Phi Greek composition contest and the Doctor Ott award.He was also graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. After serving as pastor for several years, he became a free lance writer. Because of the outstanding success of his Spanish poetry in Mexico, his biography was included in Who’s Who in the Midwest. He is also a former member of American Mensa.He is married to Merian, nee Ecot. The couple is residing in the Philippines.Daniel Zimmermann is the author of short stories and poetry. He also writes non-fiction, especially on literature, history, Christianity, and botany.