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SPERGER (Sperger) Johannes Matthias (23 III 1750, Feldsberg, now Valtice, Czechoslovakia - 13 V 1812, Dudwigslust, near Schwerin) - Austrian double bass player and composer. He studied in Vienna with I. G. Albrechtsberger (composition) and F. Piehelberger (double bass). In 1777-82 he served in the chapel of Count Battiani in Presburg, in 1783-86 - in the chapel of Count Esterhazy, then in one of the Vienna orchestras. From 1789 he worked in the parish. chapel of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerinsky in Ludwigslust. Concerted in various cities of Europe. Sh. - the first of it. virtuoso double bass players, recognized as a soloist. Played on 5 strings. double bass. In their productions. for double bass Sh. often used double notes, chords, flagolets, and complicated stroke technique. Sh .'s concerts for double bass and orchestra (18) had a great influence on the development of this genre. The author of symphonies, divertissements, cassations,production for wind instruments, concerts for solo instruments with an orchestra, chamber instru. and voc. ensembles, Op. for clavier, organ, church. music.