Friedrich Heinrich Himmel

Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (November 20, 1765 - June 8, 1814), German composer, was born at Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg, Prussia, and originally studied theology at Halle.During a temporary stay at Potsdam he had an opportunity of showing his self-acquired skill as a pianist before King Frederick William II, who thereupon made him a yearly allowance to enable him to complete his musical studies. This he did under Johann Gottlieb Naumann[1], a German composer of the Italian school, and the style of that school Himmel himself adopted in his serious operas.
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