Born: Ap­ril 18, 1786, Lu­zern (Lu­cerne), Switz­er­land.

Died: Au­gust 27, 1868, Frank­furt am Main, Ger­ma­ny.

Von War­ten­see stu­died mu­sic in Vi­en­na, but set­tled in Frank­furt, Ger­ma­ny, where he taught and com­posed. He was es­pe­cial­ly known for his re­cit­als on the glass har­mon­i­ca. The Schny­der von Wart­en­see Found­a­tion in Zür­ich pub­lished his bi­o­graphy Le­bens­er­in­ner­un­gen von Xav­er Schny­der von War­ten­see in 1887.

Music

  1. Horton