Johann Baptist Schenk was born 30 November 1753 in Wiener-Neustadt and died 29 December 1836 in Vienna. He served as a choir boy in his youth and later studied violin. From 1774 to 1777, he was a student of Georg Christoph Wagenseil. A Mass of Schenk’s, performed in 1778, launched him on a successful career as a composer. He wrote some additional pieces of sacred music, then turned his attention to composing for the theatre.His Singspiele and operas were quite popular. He did, however, compose f...