Researching Johann Schenk
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The name Johann means "God's gracious gift" and is of German origin.
Records of Johann Schenk on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johann Schenk and the Schenk Family History
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Some Famous People called Johann Schenk
Johann Baptist Schenk
Johann Baptist Schenk (30 November 1753 – 29 December 1836) was an Austrian composer and teacher.
Schenk was born in Wiener Neustadt. While still a boy he composed songs, dances and symphonies, and became a proficient violinist and keyboard and wind instrument player. In 1773 he went to Vienna to study with Georg Christoph Wagenseil. Beginning in 1777 he was composing religious works for Saint Stephen's Cathedral. In the 1780s he became a prolific composer of incidental music for plays and singspiele. His best-known singspiel is Der Dorfbarbier, which premiered in 1796. His other compositions include numerous cantatas, ten symphonies, several concertos (including a well-known one for harp), and five string quartets. Mozart was a good friend of Schenk and Beethoven studied under him in 1793.
Like his student Beethoven, he composed a variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli (D 718), being one of the 51 composers who contributed to Vaterländischer Künstlerverein in 1823.
He died in Vienna.
Source: Johann Baptist Schenk, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Schenk
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