Name Friedrich Witt | Role Composer | |
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Died January 3, 1836, Wurzburg, Germany Similar People Patrick Gallois, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Matthias Bamert, Szymon Goldberg, Stefan de Leval Jezierski | ||
Friedrich witt flute concerto in g major op 8 1807
Friedrich Jeremias Witt (November 8, 1770 – January 3, 1836) was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.
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- Friedrich witt flute concerto in g major op 8 1807
- Friedrich witt symphony in a major ca 1785
- Biography
- Discography
- References
Friedrich witt symphony in a major ca 1785
Biography
Witt was born in 1770, the same year as Beethoven, and was a German composer of considerable stature in his time. He was born in the Württemberg village of Niederstetten, the son of a cantor and court clerk. Witt became a cellist (some accounts say a violinist) in the court orchestra of Oettingen-Wallerstein when he was nineteen, taking composition lessons there with Antonio Rosetti- that is, the Bohemian-born Anton Rosler. Witt was most famous in his lifetime for his oratorio Der leidende Heiland- in English, The Suffering Saviour, securing an appointment as Kapellmeister for the Prince of Würzburg, and later for the theater, where he stayed until his death. He also wrote two operas: Palma (1804) and Das Fischerweib (1806). His other compositions include concertos, church music, chamber music and symphonies. His best-known work, a symphony in C major known as the Jena, is largely based on the Symphony No. 97 by Joseph Haydn.
Stephen Fisher compiled a thematic index of Witt's symphonies.