Johann Aloys Miksch

Born in St. Georgenthal in Bohemia, in 1777 Miksch became boys' choir of the Dresden court chapel, where he received lessons in singing as well as on the piano and organ.

Miksch also studied composition under the Kapellmeister Schuster and in 1783 found employment with the Catholic court church music as a baritone.

[2] After he had become vocally ill due to incorrect voice training, he took singing lessons with the church singer and castrato Vincenzo Caselli.

Inspired by him, he now devoted himself exclusively to the study of artistic singing and learned the method followed there under the guidance of Caselli, a pupil of the Bolognese school of Antonio Bernacchi.

[3] Diary entries by Clara Wieck, who received some singing lessons from Miksch in 1834, provide an interesting insight into his teaching methods.