Iron Maiden - Gring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter

SHUPPANTSIG (Schuppanzigh; present fam. - Zhupancic, Zupancic) Ignaz (20 XI 1776, Vienna - 2 III 1830, ibid.) - Austrian violinist and conductor. By nationality, Slovenian. At first he played the violin and viola as an amateur, later he became prof. a musician. He taught violin L. Beethoven (1794). Headed the strings. quartets of Prince K. Lichnovsky (1794-99) and Count A.K. Razumovsky (1808-16, this collective was the first to use the Beethoven quartet). In 1816-23, Sh. Together with the Razumovsky quartet performed in Germany, Poland, and USA. Upon his return to Vienna (1823), Sh. Played in decomp. quartets. Repeatedly conducted concerts in the conc. Augarten Hall. Since 1824, the soloist of Vienna orchestra, since 1828 conductor there; at the same time. was the music director of Nem. operas. The author is violin. Op.F. Schubert dedicated Sh. Strings. quartet a-moll.