Anton Foreit

Anton Foreit, also known as Voreith, was an oboist and arranger active in Pressburg, Mainz and Biebrich. He served as principal oboist and director of the chapel of the Duke of Nassau. After the orchestra was disbanded, he moved to Wiesbaden and played in the theatre orchestra. His arrangements of music from Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau reflect the nineteenth-century practice of bringing popular operatic melodies into domestic chamber music.