Johann Fritz

Johann Peter Fritz was a Viennese piano maker of the XIX century.[1] He was building instruments for famous composers along with Conrad Graf, Anton Walter and Johann Baptist Streicher.

Fritz started producing pianos in Vienna, but moved his workshop to Graz after 1837.[2] He died in 1834 and was buried in Vienna.(5) After Fritz's death, his son Joseph continued the family business. (5) Fritz's pianos were good quality instruments and they were valued for melodiousness.[3] Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi had one of the Fritz's pianos and used it (Viennese 6 pedal piano) from 1851 to 1871. This piano is displayed in Villa Verdi in the Province of Piacenza in Italy.(3) Some of other Fritz's instruments are presented in The Museum of Musical Instruments in Milan, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Finchcocks Charity for Musical Education in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pianoforte Johann Fritz". www.chrismaene.be. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Novak Clinkscale, Martha (1993). Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860. Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN 0198166257.
  3. ↑ Dow, William; Burnett, Richard (2004). Company of Pianos. Finchcocks Press. p. 121. ISBN 9781903942352.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert, Finchcocks Musical Museum - Johann Fritz Grand Piano, Vienna, circa 1815". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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