Friedrich Jeremias Witt (8 November 1770 – 3 January 1836) was a German composer and cellist.
Witt was born in 1770, the same year as Beethoven, and was a German composer of considerable stature in his time.
Witt became a cellist (some accounts say a violinist) in the court orchestra of Oettingen-Wallerstein when he was nineteen, taking composition lessons there with Antonio Rosetti, that is, the Bohemian-born Anton Rösler.
[1] Witt was most famous in his lifetime for his oratorio Der leidende Heiland (The Suffering Saviour), securing an appointment as Kapellmeister for the Prince of Würzburg, and later for the theater, where he stayed until his death.
[citation needed] Stephen Fisher compiled a thematic index of Witt's symphonies.