A pianist and com­pos­er, Neu­komm stu­died un­der Weiss­au­er and Michael Haydn, and at­tend­ed Salz­burg Un­i­ver­si­ty. In 1792, he be­gan play­ing the or­gan at the Un­i­ver­si­ty church, and in 1796, be­came chor­us mas­ter at the court the­a­ter. He al­so taught pi­a­no and sing­ing in Vi­en­na, his pu­pils in­clud­ing Franz Xa­vier Mo­zart, son of com­pos­er Wolf­gang Mo­zart. From 1804-1809, he served as Ka­pell­meis­ter at the Ger­man the­a­ter in St. Pe­ters­burg, Rus­sia, then moved to Par­is. He ar­ranged ma­ny of Haydn’s works, and, from 1816-1821, played them in South Amer­i­ca. His works in­clude a clar­i­net quin­tet, string quar­tet, or­gan pieces, op­er­as, or­a­tor­i­os, and other forms.

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1. Ames