Horn, Karl Friedrich

1762-1830

Born at Nordhausen, Saxony, and died at Windsor, England. An organist and composer, he studied first in his native town under Schroter. When twenty years of age he came to London, where the Saxon ambassador, Count Bruhl, introduced him as a teacher among the English nobility. After the publication of his Six Sonatas for the Piano he was made musicmaster in ordinary to Queen Charlotte and the Princesses, which position he held until 1811. In 1823 he succeeded William Sexton as organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. With Samuel Wesley, he prepared an English edition of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, which was published in 1810 He composed some military divertimentos; twelve themes with variations for the piano with an accompaniment for flute or violin; and several sets of sonatas.