Editing Johann Joachim Quantz (section)

===1697–1723: Early life===
Quantz was born as '''Hanß Jochim Quantz'''{{sfn|Gerke|2011|p=603}} in [[Scheden|Oberscheden]], near [[Göttingen]], [[Lower Saxony]], in the [[Electorate of Hanover]]. His father, Andreas Quantz, was a [[blacksmith]] who died when Hans was not yet 11; on his deathbed, he declared that his son should follow in his footsteps. Quantz states in his autobiography that he had been trained as a blacksmith from the age of nine.{{sfn|Nettl|2011}} As a result of his father's death he was given the opportunity to choose his own career path and from 1708 to 1713 he began his musical studies with his uncle Justus Quantz, a town musician in [[Merseburg]]; he also studied for a time with a cousin's husband, the organist Johann Friedrich Kiesewetter. From 1714 on, Quantz studied composition extensively and pored over scores of the masters to adopt their style.{{sfn|Dikmans}}

In 1716 he joined the town band in [[Dresden]], where in 1717 he studied [[counterpoint]] with [[Jan Dismas Zelenka]]. In March 1718 he was appointed [[oboist]] in the newly formed Dresden Polish Chapel of [[August II]], Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. As it became clear that he couldn't advance as an oboist in the Polish Chapel, Quantz decided to pursue the flute, studying briefly in 1719 with [[Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin]], principal flute in the [[Staatskapelle Dresden|Royal Orchestra]]. He became good friends with [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], concertmaster of the Royal Orchestra, who greatly influenced his style.{{sfn|Dikmans}}