Franz Götz (composer)

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Franz Götz was a composer and concert violinist from the Austrian Empire. He was baptised on 29 July 1755 in Strašice and buried on 17 December 1815 in Rokycany. He wrote many kinds of music, including sonatas, nocturnes, minuets, duets, trios, concertos, and six masses. In 1790 he played at the coronation in Prague for Emperor Leopold II, and Mozart and Salieri reportedly admired his work as a composer and violinist. He served for many years as a musician to Cardinal Antonín Theodor Colloredo-Waldsee.