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Quantz

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[kvahnts] / kvɑnts /

noun

  1. Johann Joachim 1697–1773, German flutist and composer: teacher of Frederick the Great.


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Glendale Noon Concerts Viola d’amore player Adriana Zoppo, et al., play pieces by Quantz, Graupner and Ariosti plus a new work by L.A.-based composer Maria Newman.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2018

In that sense a quote by the 18th-century composer and flutist Johann Joachim Quantz seems prophetic:

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2017

“It doesn’t say anything about women deacons,” Quantz noted.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2016

This is the kind of concert Frederick the Great used to hear every evening at 6: flute concertos by Johann Quantz, Johann Hasse, Johann Graun and himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quantz has at last promised that I shall sing at the next court concert.

From Frederick the Great and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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