Václav Jindřich Veit

Václav Jindřich Veit (19 January 1806 in the village of Řepnice, now part of Libochovany, near Litoměřice – 16 February 1864, Litoměřice), known in German as Wenzel Heinrich Veit, was a composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer from the Austrian Empire.

To pay tuition at a law school in Prague, Veit gave music lessons.

After earning his law degree and getting a position as a legal clerk, Veit continued to teach music and even started writing music.

He also wrote some church music, including a setting of the Te Deum and a couple of masses.

Although he wrote some orchestral music, such as a violin concertino and a parody of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Veit only wrote one symphony, in E minor, which is however considered "a notable milestone in the development of the Czech symphonic style.