Anton Fils

Anton Filtz ( baptized September 22, 1733 in Eichstätt, buried March 14, 1760 in Mannheim, also Fils, Fieltz, Filsl, felt, Fitz ) was a German composer of the early classical period.

Life

Anton Filtz 1754 as a cellist member of the Mannheim court orchestra of the Duke's Palace Kurpfälzische the Elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate. Despite his early death at the age of 26, he left an extensive body of work, including 40 symphonies, he wrote for the Mannheim court orchestra. Filtz one of the major Symphony of the Mannheim school. His contemporaries appreciated him very much for Daniel Schubart: he was even the " best symphony writer who has ever lived." However, his music was forgotten and was rediscovered only in recent times. From his Sinfonia à 8 periodique Symphony No. 2, the theme song of the BR- shipment originates Our Country.