Johann Schenk

Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836) was an Austrian composer and teacher. Schenk was born on the 30th November 1753 in Wiener Neustadt. While still a boy he composed songs, dances, and symphonies, and became a proficient violinist and keyboard and wind instrument player. In 1773 he went to Vienna to study with Georg Christoph Wagenseil. Beginning in 1777 he was composing religious works for Saint Stephen's Cathedral. In the 1780s he became a prolific composer of incidental music for plays and singspiele.