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Johannes Matthias Sperger

Born: 23rd March 1750, Feldsberg, Austria

Died: 13th May 1812, Ludwigslust, Germany

Nationality: Austrian

Johannes Matthias Sperger, also often Johann, was an Austrian double bassist and composer.

Sperger was born in Feldsberg, and trained from 1767 in Vienna as a contrabassist and composer. He worked from 1777 in the Hofkapelle of the Archbishop of Pressburg. From 1778 he was also a member in the Wiener Tonkünstlersozietät, in whose concerts he appeared several times with his own works and as soloist. From 1783 to 1786, Sperger was a member of the Hofkapelle of count Ludwig von Erdödy in Kohfidisch.

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