Schmölzer, Jakob Eduard#
b. Graz (Styria), March 9, 1812, d Oberkindberg (Styria), Jan. 9, 1886. Popular composer and virtuoso flautist. Pupil of T. Boehm; his concert tour in 1839 gained him fame in the whole of Europe; then civil servant in Styria. Promoted the foundation of a General German Singers' Association (1860).