Veit, Wenzel Heinrich 01/19/1806 - 02/16/1864

Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806-1864) was a Bohemian composer (also known under the Czech name of Vaclav Jindrich Veit), and as such a forerunner of the classical Czech music of Smetana and Dvorak. After his studies in Prague he entered a legal career and became the superior court president of Eger in modern-day Hungary. He composed compositions in the common genres of the time (symphonies, opera, chamber and vocal music) in the early Romantic style. Some of his secular songs with German texts (e.g. "Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund" and "Der Käfer und die Blume") are known even today and may occasionally be heard.