Hilverding Hilferding van Wewen, Franz Anton Christoph#
b. Vienna, Nov. 17, 1710, d. Vienna, May 30, 1768, ballet master. From 1737 at the imperial court in Vienna, in 1752 became court ballet master at both theatres in Vienna; followed the French tradition of dancing and impressed his contemporaries with his ballet acts; 1758-1764 in Russia, 1766 leased the Kaerntnertortheater.
Literature#
B. A. Brown, Gluck and the French Theatre in Vienna, 1991.