Johannes Matthias Sperger

Johannes Matthias Sperger (March 23, 1750, Feldsberg - May 13, 1812, Schwerin) was an Austrian contrabassist and composer.

Sperger trained from 1767 in Vienna as a contrabassist and composer. He worked from 1777 in the Hofkapelle of the Archbishop of Pressburg. From 1778 he was also a member in the Wiener Tonkünstlersozietät, in whose concerts he appeared several times with his own works and as soloist. From 1783 to 1786 Sperger was a member of the Hofkapelle of count Ludwig von Erdödy in Kohfidisch. Read more on Last.fm