Nikolaus von krufft biography

Nikolaus Freiherr von Krufft (1 February 1779 – 16 April 1818) was an Austrian composer and civil servant.
Nikolaus Freiherr von Krufft was an Austrian composer and civil servant.
Nikolaus von Krufft.

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Nikolaus von Krufft

Nikolaus Freiherr von Krufft (1 February 1779 – 16 April 1818) was an Austrian composer and civil servant.[1][2]

Biography

He was the son of Andreas Adolph Freiherr von Krufft (1721-1793, civil servant) and his wife Maria Anna (née von Hahn). (Freiherr is a hereditary title, of similar status to the English baron.) He was educated at home, in training for government service. His mother was an excellent piani

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Sonatas for horn and fortepiano.

The life of Giovanni Punto (born Jan Václav Stich) has been described as “resembling that of a novel” (H. Kling). Born in 1746 into a family of serfs in Žehusiče (close to Čáslav) in Bohemia, the musical youth was noticed by the local count who financed his studies, first in Prague with Matiegka, then in Munich with Schinderlarz and finally with Haudek and Hampel in Dresden. Charles Burney had described Bohemia as the “Conservatoire of Europe”, reflecting the high quality of musicians, in particular wind musicians emerging from the country in the late 18th century. Understandably, having seen a little more of the world, Stich was not happy on his return to continue working in the service of his philanthropic count and absconded. Legend has it that his now ex-employer issued commands that if Stich was found his front teeth should be knocked out, prevent- ing him playing the horn again. Luckily this threat was never carried out and, now going under the name of Giovanni Punto, the young horn player set off on a life that resembled one long concer