Casimir von Blumenthal

Casimir von Blumenthal (August 1787 in Brussels – 22 July 1849 in Lausanne), was an Austrian violinist, composer and conductor who worked in Switzerland.

[1] His father, who had a job with the Austrian government, took the family to Prague during the Brabant Revolution (1789–1790).

[3] The young Blumenthal learned to play the violin and studied composition and received musical education in Vienna under Abbé Vogler along with his two brothers, Joseph and Léopold.

[3] When Vogler went to Vienna in 1803 to produce his opera Samori, he recommended his students to the director of the Theater an der Wien, and on his testimony, they were accepted into the theatre orchestra, Casimir and Léopold on violin, Joseph on viola.

[3] He composed Ouvertüre über Schweizerische Volkslieder (Overture on Swiss Folk Songs) for the opening performance of the theatre.