Birth Anniversary: Ignaz Holzbauer — September 18, 1711
Born in Vienna on 18 September 1711, the son of a wealthy leather merchant. After abandoning legal studies against his family’s wishes, he journeyed to Venice and Bologna to study Italian opera, later securing kapellmeister posts in Holešov, Moravia, and Stuttgart.
Dates verified on Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, voce "Holzbauer, Ignaz" (https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_H/Holzbauer_Ignaz.xml); Grove Music Online, entry "Holzbauer, Ignaz" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13264).
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