DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Improvisation in the classical world and beyond, including contributions from David Arditti, James Lewitzke, James Ross and Steve Vasta.
German horn player and composer Georg Abraham Schneider was born in Darmstadt on 19 April 1770.
He initially worked as a horn player at various royal courts, and then began composing music focusing on the horn, writing the first work for valved horn.
Schneider died in Berlin on 19 January 1839, aged sixty-eight.