Franz Danzi
Franz Ignaz Danzi (
June 15,
1763 -
April 13,
1826) was a
German composer and
conductor, the son of a noted
Italian cellist. Born in
Schwetzingen, he worked in
Mannheim,
Munich,
Stuttgart and
Karlsruhe, where he died. He wrote more than sixty works in the musical period leading up to the
Romantic era. He was a contemporary of
Mozart,
Beethoven, and
Weber.