Franz Grill

Franz Grill (c. 1756–1793) was a composer of the Classical Era. He was a composer of piano and chamber music. Little is known of his life, but he died on 18 August 1793 in Ödenburg also known as Sopron, Hungary.

Compositions

• Opus 1 Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano
• Opus 2 Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano (opp. 1 and 2 were published by Franz Anton Hoffmeister titled Six Duos concertants)
• Opus 3 Three String Quartets (Dedicated to Joseph Haydn)
• Opus 4 Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano
• Opus 5 Three String Quartets
• Opus 6 Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano
• Opus 7 Six String Quartets (C major, E-flat, B-flat major, G minor, D major, A major)^[1]
• two cycles of each 12 minuets
• German Dances
• several smaller piano works, such as a "Rondeau et Final in Dis"

References

1. "Festetics String Qt - Franz Grill: Six String Quartets, Op. 7". Retrieved 2 December 2012.

• Agnes Sas - Ilona Ferenczi: Franz Grill in: Discotheca Hungarica, Budapest 2001.
• Katalin Komlos: The Viennese Keyboard Trio in the 1780s: Sociological Background and Contemporary Reception in: Music & Letters, Vol. 68, No. 3 (07/1987), pp. 222–234