Birth Anniversary: Johann Joachim Quantz — January 30, 1697
Born at Oberscheden in Lower Saxony on 30 January 1697, the son of a village blacksmith. After training as a Stadtpfeifer apprentice, he joined the Dresden Hofkapelle, mastering the transverse flute under Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin and touring Italy, France and England to absorb national styles.
Dates verified on Edward R. Reilly, Quantz and His Versuch: Three Studies, American Musicological Society, 1971; Horst Augsbach, Johann Joachim Quantz: Thematisch-systematisches Werkverzeichnis (QV), Carus, Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN 978-3923053476.
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