Composer | Fils, Anton (1733 - 1760) | ||
Instrumentation | Flute and String Quartet | ||
Style | Baroque | ||
Arranger | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Publisher | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
Copyright | Public Domain | ||
Added by magataganm, 18 Mar 2015
Anton Fils (or Johann Anton Filtz 1733 -- 1760) was a
German classical composer. Hes was born in Eichstätt,
Germany. Long thought to have been of Bohemian origin
(e.g., Racek 1956), despite having been described as
"from Bavaria" by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg in 1756,
his true origins were discovered in the 1960s (Wolf
2001). Fils studied law and theology at the University
of Ingolstadt, and in 1754 became part of the
"Mannheimer Hofkapelle" as a cellist. The Mannheim
orchestra at the time was l...(+)
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