Editing Johann Joachim Quantz (section)

===1724–1727: Grand tour===
Between 1724 and 1727 Quantz completed his education by doing a "Grand Tour" of Europe as a flutist. He studied counterpoint with [[Francesco Gasparini]] in Rome, met [[Alessandro Scarlatti]] in Naples, befriended the flutist [[Michel Blavet]] in Paris, and in London was encouraged by [[Georg Friedrich Händel|Handel]] to remain there. During Carnival 1728 the Crown Prince, [[Frederick II of Prussia|Frederick the Great]], visited Dresden and met or rehearsed with [[Pisendel]] and Quantz. In April Frederick suffered from depressions and hardly ate anything; his father feared for his life. In May 1728 Quantz accompanied August II on a state visit to Berlin.{{sfn|Nicolai|1792|pp=145-148}} The [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover|Queen of Prussia]] was impressed and wanted to hire him for her son. Though August II refused, he allowed Quantz to travel to Berlin and Bayreuth twice a year. In June 1730 he took part in the [[:de:Zeithainer Lustlager|Zeithainer Lustlager]] and travelled to Berlin.{{sfn|Raskin|1923|p=105}} Quantz later told writer [[Friedrich Nicolai]] that he and [[Hans Hermann von Katte]] one day had to hide in a closet during an outburst of Frederick's domineering father, who disapproved of his son's hairstyle, musical studies, questionable books and fancy dressing gowns.{{sfn|Bonnema|2024a}}{{sfn|Funke|p=12}} Quantz married Anna Rosina Carolina Schindler in 1737; the marriage was not happy, and it was generally known in Berlin that his wife tyrannized him. Until 1741 Quantz remained at the Saxon Court in Dresden.