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          The Vienna-born Wagenseil had been appointed to the post of court composer in February together with Giuseppe Bonno.!

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          ​WAGENSEIL, Georg Christoph, born Jan.

          15, 1715, in Vienna, where he died March 1, 1777.[1] He studied the clavier and organ with Wöger, and the science of composition with Fux and Palotta, the former of whom recommended him for a Court scholarship in 1736, and ​as Court composer in 1739, a post which he retained till his death.

          Celebrated Austrian composer and organist; long held the post of Court composer.

        1. Georg Christoph Wagenseil ; Austrian composer, organist and pianist [* 29 January in Vienna (Wien), Austria; † 01 March in Vienna (Wien), Austria].
        2. The Vienna-born Wagenseil had been appointed to the post of court composer in February together with Giuseppe Bonno.
        3. Georg Christoph Wagenseil.
        4. William Boyce (baptised 11 September – 7 February ) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century.

          5. He was also organist to the Dowager Empress Elizabeth Christine from 1741 to her death in 1750, and music-master to the Empress Maria Theresa and the Imperial Princesses, with a life-salary of 1500 florins. Among his pupils were Steffan, then Court Capellmeister, and Leopold Hoffmann, afterwards Capellmeister of the Cathedral.

          When Mozart, a little boy of 6, was playing before the Court in 1762, he enquired 'Is not Herr Wagensell here? he knows all about it,' and when the latter came forward, he said, 'I am playing a concerto of yours; you must turn over for me.'