August Wilhelm Ambros (November 17, 1816 – June 28, 1876) was an Austrian composer and music historian of Czech decent. November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

He was born at Mýto (Mauth) near Rokycany, Bohemia. His father was a cultured man, and his mother was the sister of Raphael Georg Kiesewetter (1773-1850), the musical archaeologist and collector. Ambros was well-educated in music and the arts, which were his abiding passion. He was, however, destined for the law and an official career in the Austrian civil service, and he occupied various important posts under the ministry of justice, music being an avocation. Rokycany is town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. ... Bohemia Historical map of Bohemia Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1850 onwards he became well-known as a critic and essay-writer, and in 1860 he began working on his magnum opus, his History of Music, which was published at intervals from 1864 in five volumes, the last two (1878, 1882) being edited and completed by Otto Kade and Langhaus. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Ambros became professor of the history of music at Prague in 1869. He was an excellent pianist, and the author of numerous compositions somewhat reminiscent of Felix Mendelssohn. Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Felix Mendelssohn wrote his first symphony at the young age of fifteen. ...

Ambros died at Vienna, Austria at the age of 59. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ...

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