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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

"She is a pupil of Quantz," said Pollnitz, "and he has often assured me she would make a great singer."

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

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