Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (July 19, 1766 at Marktheidenfeld – November 30, 1798 in Meiningen) was a German composer. (Some sources give his first name as Josef rather than Johann.) He studied at Mannheim with Ignaz Holzbauer and G J Vogler before going to the University of Würzburg. He then became private secretary and tutor to the Regierungs-präsident at Regensburg in 1786, before going on to be cabinet secretary to Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. He composed orchestral and chamber works, lieder and Singspiele. His main work was the Singspiel Die Geisterinsel after Shakespeare's The Tempest. According to E Goretzki, the song "Schlafe mein Prinzchen Schlaf ein", often atttributed to Mozart (KV350) or Bernhard Flies, was composed by Fleischmann.
Sources
- Rönnau, Klaus (1992), 'Fleischmann, Friedrich' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- E. Goretzki and D. Krickenberg (July 1988) 'Das Wiegenlied "von Mozart"', in Mitteilungen der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg (S.114 ff)
External links
- Marktheidenfeld honors its composers (German)
