Anton Fils (Composer)
Born: 22nd September 1733, Eichstatt, Germany
Died: 14th March 1760, Mannheim, Germany
Nationality: German
Anton Fils (also Antonín Fils, Johann Anton Fils, Johann Anton Filtz), 22 September 1733 (baptized) – 14 March 1760 (buried) was a German classical composer.
Fils was born in Eichstätt, in the Bishopric of Eichstätt. Long thought to have been of Bohemian origin despite having been described as "from Bavaria" by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg in 1756, his true origins were discovered in the 1960s (Wolf 2001). Fils studied law and theology at the University of Ingolstadt, and in 1754 became part of the "Mannheimer Hofkapelle" as a cellist. The Mannheim orchestra at the time was led by Johann Stamitz (Würtz & Wolf 2001).
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