Robert Führer

Robert Jan Nepomuk Führer (2 June 1807 – 28 November 1861) was a Bohemian composer.

To support his extravagant lifestyle he sold a valuable Stradivarius violin which was owned by the cathedral.

Without a church to call home he wandered through several different towns and villages, but never stayed in any one place for too long.

No other composer's works enjoyed as widespread performance amongst the choirs in South Germany and Austria during the second half of the 19th century.

[1] Among his most important compositions belong: Theoretical studies He tried to pass Franz Schubert's Mass No.