Friedrich Witt

German composer and cellist

Person human Q871050

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: November 8, 1770, 1770^[6]
Date of death: January 3, 1836, January 3, 1837^[7]
Place of birth: Niederstetten
Place of death: Würzburg
Country of citizenship: Holy Roman Empire^[8]
Occupation: composer
Genre: opera^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[15]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[18]
Date of baptism: November 8, 1770^[17]
Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary^[14]
Family name: Witt^[11]
Given name: Friedrich^[12]
Instrument: cello^[13]
Name in native language: Friedrich Witt^[16]
P14536: 425325^[19]
P14927: 124876358^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 54

ISNI: 0000000081138669
VIAF cluster ID: 34669668
Library of Congress authority ID: n81072890
GND ID: 124876358
AllMusic artist ID: mn0002270909
BIBSYS ID: 7021602
BMLO ID: w0837
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14239796n
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01374844
CONOR.BG ID: 47247717
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe ID: A009540
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1007752

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CiNii Research ID: 1140282266606868096
DDB person (GND) ID: 124876358
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124876358
Dezède person ID: 19260
Discogs artist ID: 1105942
Europeana entity: agent/base/157601
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_124876358
FactGrid item ID: Chur Unihockey
Freebase ID: /m/080k3y
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000083445220254
Grove Music Online ID: 30453
IMSLP ID: Category:Witt,_Friedrich
IdRef ID: 123179378
KBR person ID: 14254560
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 124876358
Libraries Australia ID: 65937090
MGG Online ID: 28971
MusicBrainz artist ID: 8d88395d-0126-4add-b7e5-32409123efa0
Musicalics composer ID: 82679
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000239946
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA10734882
NL CR AUT ID: jn20000703404
NLA Trove people ID: 1804178
NUKAT ID: n2019000694
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007282829905171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:tzJ;=CI
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810609205505606
National Library of Portugal ID: 258623
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1774436
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073424196
Open Library ID: OL5518173A
OpenMLOL author ID: 60560
Prabook ID: 2451522
RERO ID (legacy): A003981742
RILM ID: 18229
RISM ID: people/30003364
SNAC ARK ID: w6ns2z74
SVKKL authority ID: 0252313-Witt-Friedrich-17701836
Songkick artist ID: 236337
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 9842
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxxdPMkRpqDkvwY4JcByd
Yale LUX ID: person/ecffdb61-265c-4fe0-a915-45e55d057804

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🔗 Connections

Mb:composer 2

Jena Symphony, Jena Symphony

Country of citizenship 1

Holy Roman Empire

Family name 1

Witt

Genre 1

opera

Given name 1

Friedrich

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

cello

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Occupation 1

composer

Place of birth 1

Niederstetten

Place of death 1

Würzburg

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Friedrich Witt was born on November 8, 1770^[1], in Niederstetten^[2]. He died on January 3, 1836^[3], in Würzburg^[4]. He worked as a composer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Friedrich Witt born?

Friedrich Witt was born in Niederstetten^[2].

Where did Friedrich Witt die?

Friedrich Witt passed away in Würzburg^[4].

What did Friedrich Witt do for work?

Friedrich Witt worked as a composer^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Friedrich Witt — place of birth (P19): Niederstetten. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-17. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Friedrich Witt — place of death (P20): Würzburg. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-01-01. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Friedrich Witt — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Friedrich Witt — country of citizenship (P27): Holy Roman Empire. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Friedrich Witt — occupation (P106): composer. Musicalics. Retrieved 2022-04-05. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Friedrich Witt — genre (P136): opera. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Friedrich Witt — date of birth (P569): November 8, 1770. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Friedrich Witt — date of birth (P569): 1770. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Online Version. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Friedrich Witt — date of death (P570): January 3, 1836. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Friedrich Witt — date of death (P570): January 3, 1837. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2019-08-24. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Friedrich Witt — family name (P734): Witt. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Friedrich Witt — given name (P735): Friedrich. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Friedrich Witt — instrument (P1303): cello. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Friedrich Witt — described by source (P1343): Riemann's Music Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Friedrich Witt — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-05. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Friedrich Witt — name in native language (P1559): Friedrich Witt. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Friedrich Witt — date of baptism (P1636): November 8, 1770. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Online Version. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Friedrich Witt — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Friedrich Witt — P14536 (P14536): 425325. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Friedrich Witt — P14927 (P14927): 124876358. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14536 → 425325

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0252313-Witt-Friedrich-17701836

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CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01374844

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Occupation → composer

Instrument → cello

Languages spoken, written or signed → German

Citizenship → —

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