Dismas Hataš (German: Hattasch; 1 December 1724 – 13 October 1777) was a Bohemian composer and violinist of the early classical period.
In May 1751, he married the singer Anna Franziska Benda, the sister of Franz and Jiří Antonín Benda,[1] and in October of that year was recommended by Jiří Antonín for a position as a violinist in the court orchestra in Gotha.
In 1756, his son Jindřich Krištof Hataš was born, whom he taught to play the violin, and who later became a composer.
[citation needed] Hataš' compositional style is typical of that which prevailed in Northern Germany in the middle of the 18th century.
It preserves many baroque idioms while absorbing many classical developments which were already common in other parts of Europe.