Peter (von) Winter was born in August 1754 in Mannheim. He was already playing the violin in the orchestra of Mannheim Court at the age of 10. He is also mentioned playing the contrabass.
He seemed to be autodidact in composing for a long time, because after 1775, it is said that he asked for lessons G.J.Vogler. In 1796 he was finally acknowledged by his work Unterbrochenen Opferfest in Wien. In 1787 he became the leader of the court music in Munich. Two years later, he continued the "Zauberflöte" by Mozart, naming "Das Labyrinth". The text is also by Schikaneder.
In 1811 he founded a Musical Academy in Munich, and in the same year he met C. M. von Weber, whom he treated in part as friendly and in part roughly (Weber calls him "jealous" in a letter). The year 1814 brings to 50 years for winter. Service anniversary the awarding of the Civil Service of the Bavarians. Kroneder was associated with the personal nobility. On October 25, 1825 Winter dies in Munich.
Sextet F major for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and bass
The two sextets published here for the first time come as a copy from the collection of Franz Zwierzinas in the library of Oettingen-Wallerstein. Zwierzina must have greatly appreciated the two compositions, at purchase they are called as "2 Sextours of Kapellmeister Winter of exquisite composition". These were created about 1795.
On March 28, 1803, the Böck brothers played a double concert in Winter in Leipzig. As the arrangement of the two sextets is comparable to a solo concert, it would be quite possible that the double concerto was one of the sextets.
