ANTON WRANITZKY  

Born in Moravia in 1761, Anton Wranitzky, like his brother Paul, worked as a composer and violinist in Vienna. He was a pupil of Mozart, Haydn and Albrechtsberger and was employed by Prince Lobkowitz as a composer, Konzertmeister and finally Kapellmeister, later serving as director of the Court Orchestra. His compositions include orchestral and chamber music, with vocal works, sacred and secular. He enjoyed a high reputation as a violin virtuoso and teacher, and left fourteen concertos for the violin.