Franz Anton HoffmeisterAn austrian composer and a music publisher, Franz Anton Hoffmeister was born on 12 May 1754 in Rottenburg am Neckar. After the completion of his law studies, he pursued a career in music, and with an extensive catalogue of varied work to his credit, e was able to become one of the city's most popular composers by the 1780s. He published both his own work and the work of composers such as Beethoven, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Haydn, Carl Ditter von Dittersdorf, Mozart, Johann Baptist Wanhal, and Clementi. Read More Read Less