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Birth Anniversary: Johann Peter Salomon — February 20, 1745
20 February 2027
Born at Bonn on 20 February 1745. Johann Peter Salomon was a German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario. Although an accomplished violinist, he is best known for bringing Joseph Haydn to London and for conducting the symphonies that Haydn wrote during his stay in England.
Dates verified on Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Grove Music Online, entry "Johann Peter Salomon".
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