Anton Fils (also Antonín Fils, Johann Anton Fils, Johann Anton Filtz), 22 September 1733 (baptized) – 14 March 1760 (buried) was a German classical composer.
Although he died at age 26, he left an extensive body of work, including at least thirty-four symphonies. Although he composed about thirty concertos, mainly for cello and for flute, only about half have survived (Wolf 2001).
Fils died in Mannheim and was buried on 14 March 1760 (Wolf 2001).
In his book Ideas for an Aesthetic of Music (posthumously published in 1806), author-musician Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart called Fils "the greatest composer of symphonies who ever lived" (Schubart 1806, 141). He also attributed Fils' early death to "his bizarre notion of eating spiders" (Schubart 1806, 141). Retellings of this legend were elaborated to include Fils assuring horrified observers that spiders tasted like fresh strawberries (Anon. n.d.). The tale still circulates as a curious bit of classical music trivia (Moore 2010, [page needed]).
Referencesedit
Anon. (n.d.). "(Johann) Anton Fils [Filtz, Filz]". HOASM website (accessed 15 July 2016).
Littger, Klaus Walter (1983). Johann Anton Fils—ein Eichstätter Komponist der Mannheimer Klassik (in German). Tützing: H. Schneider. ISBN3-7952-0406-2.
Moore, Ray W. (2010). High Notes and Low: Three Hundred and a Few More Whimsical Anecdotes Concerning Music and Musicians. s.l.: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN9781574672404.
Racek, Jan. 1956. "Beitrag zur Frage des 'mozartschen' Stils in der tschechischen vorklassischen Musik". In 'Internationale Konferenz über das Leben und Werk W.A. Mozarts, edited by Václav Dobiáš, Pavel Eckstein, and Antonín Sychra. Prague: Svaz Československých Skladatelů.
Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel (1806). Ludwig Schubart (ed.). Ideen zu einer Ästhetik der Tonkunst. Vienna: JV Degen. Filz.
Sondheimer, Robert (1925). Die Theorie der Sinfonie und die Beurteilung einzelner Sinfoniekomponisten bei den Musikschriftstellern des 18. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel.
Townsend, Douglas (1987). Foreword to the score of Filtz's String Symphony No. 2 in C major, Opus 2. New York: Henmar Press.
Wolf, Eugene K. (2001). "Fils [Filtz, Filz], (Johann) Anton". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
Würtz, Roland, and Eugene K. Wolf (2001). "Mannheim". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
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