Franz Asplmayr (1 April 1728 – 29 July 1786) was an Austrian composer and violinist.
[1] He is best known for an opera on Greek myths and for a few symphonies and string trios which were once attributed to Joseph Haydn.
J. Murray Barbour says of Asplmayr's 80 minuets "scored mostly for oboes, horns, and strings, without violas" that "all are extremely boring, as if written between beers".
[2] Temperly, on the other hand, finds advances "with respect to harmony and developmental techniques".
In 1761, he took over Christoph Willibald Gluck's duty of writing ballet music for the German troupe.