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MELZEL (Mälzel) Johannes Hepomuk (15 VIII 1772, Regensburg - 21 VII 1838) - German, mechanic. The son of an organ master. From 1792 he lived in Vienna, where he was a music teacher. Soon gained fame as the inventor of decomp. kind of mechanical musestools, including panharmonion (a kind of mechanical orchestra), for which L. Beethoven wrote “The Battle of Vittoria” in 1812. With 1808 par. mechanic. He became famous for the invention of the metronome in 1816. Beethoven, for whom M. constructed the auditory tube, was on friendly terms with him. His famous canon “Ta ta ta ... lieber, lieber Mälzel” (the theme of the canon was also used by the composer in the 2nd part of the 8th symphony) was written under the influence of rhythm. tapping of the metronome M. In 1816 M. DOS. in Paris, a metronome manufacturing company, demonstrated its inventions in many. countries. He spent the last years of his life in America. He died on a ship on the way to San Francisco. I. M. Yampolsky.