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CARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF (2 November 1739 - 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.

Born in the Laimgrube (now Mariahilf) district of Vienna, Austria as August Carl Ditters, his father was a military tailor in the Austrian Imperial Army of Charles VI.

Educated at a Jesuit school, in 1745 the six-year-old August Karl was introduced to the violin and began receiving private tutelage in music, violin, French and religion.

In 1764, Ditters assumed the post of Kapellmeister at the court of Ádám Patachich, Hungarian nobleman and Bishop of Nagyvárad (Romania). In 1771 he became Hofkomponist (court composer) at the Château Jánský vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník (today part of the Czech Republic) where he wrote symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music, and opere buffe over the next 20 years.

In 1773 the prince-bishop appointed him Amtshauptmann of nearby Jeseník (Freiwaldau), and he was sent to V The Autobiography of Karl Von Dittersdorf - Google Books BAXEN