Franz Ignaz Danzi (
June 15,
1763 -
April 13,
1826) was a
German composer and
conductor, the son of a noted
Italian cellist. Born in
Schwetzingen[?], he worked in
Mannheim,
Munich,
Stuttgart and
Karlsruhe, where he died. He wrote more than sixty works in the musical period leading up to the
Romantic era. He was a contemporary of
Mozart,
Beethoven, and
Weber.