Editing Kapellmeister (section)

==Composers who held the post of Kapellmeister==
(listed chronologically by date of birth)

* [[Arnold von Bruck]] ({{circa}} 1500–1554) was Kapellmeister in Vienna for [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I, King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia]] from 1527 to 1545.
* [[Mattheus Le Maistre]] (c. 1505–1577) was Kapellmeister at the court of the [[Electorate of Saxony|Electors of Saxony]] in [[Dresden]] from 1554 to 1568.
* [[Antonio Scandello]] (1517–1580) was Kapellmeister at the court of the Electors of [[Saxony]] in Dresden from 1568.
* [[Jacob Regnart]] (1540s–1599) was Kapellmeister at [[Innsbruck]] from 1585 to about 1596.
* [[Michael Praetorius]] (1571–1621) was Kapellmeister at [[Wolfenbüttel]] from 1604.
* [[Heinrich Schütz]] (1585–1673) was Kapellmeister to [[John George I, Elector of Saxony]] from 1619.
* [[Samuel Scheidt]] (1587–1653) was Kapellmeister to the [[Margrave]] of [[Brandenburg]].
* [[Michelangelo Falvetti]] (1642–1697) was Kapellmeister in [[Palermo]] from 1670, then in [[Messina]] from 1682.
* [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]] (1644–1704) was Kapellmeister in [[Salzburg]] from 1684.
* [[Georg Muffat]] (1653–1704) was Kapellmeister to the bishop of [[Passau]] from 1690 to his death.
* [[Agostino Steffani]] (1653–1728) was Kapellmeister from 1688 to 1698 at the court of [[Hanover]].
* [[Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer]] (died 1746) was Kapellmeister to [[Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden]], from at least 1695.
* [[Johann Ludwig Bach]] (1677–1731), a second cousin of J. S. Bach, was Kapellmeister at [[Meiningen]].
* [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] (1681–1767) served as Kapellmeister for 16 years, starting in 1705, for the court of [[Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz]], in [[Hamburg]].
* [[Johann David Heinichen]] (1683–1729) held the position of Kapellmeister at the electoral Saxon court in Dresden from 1717 until his death.
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685–1750) worked from 1717 to 1723 as Kapellmeister for [[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]].
* [[George Frideric Handel]] (1685–1759) served as Kapellmeister from 1710 to 1712 for George, Elector of Hanover.
* [[Domenico Scarlatti]] (1685–1757) was {{lang|it|maestro di cappella}} at [[Frascati Cathedral|St. Peter's Cathedral]] in Rome from 1715 to 1719.
* [[Johann Friedrich Fasch]] (1688–1758) was Kapellmeister from 1722 at [[Zerbst]].
* [[Carlo Grua]] (c. 1700–1773) was Kapellmeister at the court of [[Mannheim]] under the [[Prince-elector|Electorship]] of [[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine|Charles III Philip]].
* [[Carl Heinrich Graun]] (1704–1759) was Kapellmeister starting in 1740 for [[Frederick the Great]] (Frederick II of Prussia)
* [[Giuseppe Bonno]] (1711–1788) was Kapellmeister to the Prince of [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]] in the 1750s and 1760s.
* [[Ignazio Cirri|Giacomo Matteo Ignazio Cirri]] (1711–1787) was {{lang|it|maestro di cappella}} in the Cathedral of [[Forlì]], in Italy, from 1759.
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven (1712–1773)|Ludwig van Beethoven]] (Lodewijk) (1712–1773), grandfather of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], served as Kapellmeister in the Electoral court of [[Bonn]].
* [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] (1714–1787) was Kapellmeister starting 1754 for [[Maria Theresa|Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Holy Roman Empress]] in Vienna.
* [[Niccolò Jommelli]] (1714–1774) served [[Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg|Charles II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg]] in [[Stuttgart]] from 1753 to 1768.
* [[Giovanni Battista Cirri]] (1724–1808) was {{lang|it|maestro di cappella}} in the cathedral of [[Forlì]], in Italy: from 1780, with [[Ignazio Cirri]]; after his death, alone.
* [[Christian Cannabich]] (1731–1798), Kapellmeister of the legendary [[Mannheim school|Mannheim court orchestra]] from 1774.
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (1732–1809) had two Kapellmeister positions: first, from (probably) 1757 to 1761 for [[Count Morzin]], then from 1761 on for the [[Eszterházy]] family. (He was Vice-Kapellmeister from 1761 to 1766.)
* [[Johann Georg Albrechtsberger]] (1736–1809) was Kapellmeister at [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]].
* [[Michael Haydn]] (1737–1806) was Kapellmeister at [[Großwardein]] from 1760 to 1761.
* [[Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf]] (1739–1799) was Kapellmeister to the [[Prince-Bishop of Breslau]] from 1770 to 1795.
* [[Andrea Luchesi]] (1741–1801) was the last Kapellmeister in the Electoral court of [[Bonn]] from 1774 to 1794.
* [[Antonio Salieri]] (1750–1825) was Royal and Imperial Kapellmeister to [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] from 1788 to 1824.
* [[Johann Friedrich Reichardt]] (1752–1814) was Kapellmeister to [[Frederick the Great]] at the royal [[Berlin]] opera.
* [[Joseph Martin Kraus]] (1756–1792) was Kapellmeister ({{lang|sv|Ordinarie Capellmästere}}) in Stockholm at the court of king [[Gustav III]] of Sweden.
* [[Christian Kalkbrenner]] (1755–1806) was Kapellmeister of the Prussian Queen (1789) and after 1790 Kapellmeister of [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] at [[Rheinsberg]] castle.
* [[Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach]] (1759–1845), grandson of Johann Sebastian, was also Kapellmeister of the Prussian Queen (1805–1811).
* [[Carl Maria von Weber]] (1786–1826) was Kapellmeister at the Bresault theater (1804–1807) and Kapellmeister at Dresden for Count Heinrich Vitzthum (1816–1826).
* [[Richard Wagner]] (1813–1883) was Kapellmeister to [[Frederick Augustus II of Saxony]] from 1843 to 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/richard-wagners-legacy-in-dresden/a-16909028|title=Richard Wagner's legacy in Dresden|author=Silke Dartlick|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=27 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
* [[Paul Wachs]] (1851–1915) was Kapellmeister at the [[Saint-Merri|Church of Saint-Merri]] in Paris, France.