Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
Johann Andreas Amon was born in Bamberg in 1763. As a boy he received singing lessons from Fracasini and viola lessons from Bäuerle, both in Bamberg. He later added the horn to his skills, studying with one of the leading horn virtuosos of his day, Jan Václav Stich, better known as Giovanni Punto. From around 1780 he most likely accompanied Punto as a pianist on his travels across Europe.
In 1789 Amon took up a post as music director in Heilbronn, where he was also active as a publisher. In 1817 he was appointed Kapellmeister at the court of Wallerstein, where he died in 1825.
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Quintet No. 1, Op. 110 & Quintet No. 2, Op. 118 for obbligato flute and horn, violin, viola and cello (double bass ad libitum)
The special appeal of these two quintets lies in their unusual scoring for obbligato horn and flute. They can likely be seen alongside the three quintets by Punto, Fiorillo and Rosetti, also published by this house as ROM 044–046.