Wagenseil, Georg Christoph 01/29/1715 - 03/01/1777

Walter Georgii, author of the instructive textbook "Piano Music - History of Music for Two and Four Hands", describes G. Chr. Wagenseil as the rare case of a composer of Austrian piano music who ranked between Gottlieb Muffat and J. Haydn. Wagenseil (who always stayed in Vienna) himself was a pupil of Joh. Joseph Fux. As a music teacher at Maria Theresa's court, he taught Marie Antoinette how to play the piano and even influenced the young Mozart.