The New International Encyclopædia/Holzbauer, Ignaz

HOLZBAUER, hṓlts'bou'ẽr, (1711-83). An Austrian composer, born in Vienna. Despite the opposition of his parents, who intended him for the law, he studied music, and in 1745 became kapellmeister to Count Rottal and at the Court Theatre of Vienna. He was later kapellmeister at Stuttgart and at Mannheim. He spent much of his time in Italy, where most of his operas were produced. They were popular, and include: Il figlio delle selve (1735); Alessandro nell' Indie (1759); and La clemenza di Tito (1780). He composed, in addition, a great quantity of Church music, and excellent concertos, string quartets, and 196 symphonies. He died at Mannheim.