Composer · 1620 - 1680
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Biography
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer [Schmeltzer, Schmelzer von Ehrenruef]
(b Scheibbs, Lower Austria, c1620–23; d Prague, between 29 Feb and 20 March 1680).
Austrian composer and violinist. He was the leading Austrian composer of instrumental music before Biber and made an influential contribution to the development of the sonata and suite.