Born Messkirch, 22 Nov 1780; died Riga, 14 Dec 1849, German composer and conductor.

He was Kapellmeister intermittently in Stuttgart, Donaueschingen, Vienna and Cologne, having his greatest success at the Viennese Theater in der Josefstadt with the pleasing and expressive operas "Das Nachtlager in Granada" and "Der Verschwender" (both 1834).

The latter is still performed in Austria.