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Johann ArmsheimerJohann Josef Armsheimer, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Armsgeimer (Иван Иванович Армсгеймер), was a German-born ballet composer and conductor, born in Dresden on 7/19 March 1860. Armsheimer spent his formative years studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, later becoming a trumpet and cornet player with the Mariinskii Theatre orchestra. His compositional talents were mainly directed towards the ballets, although his oeuvre also included overtures, cantatas and romances. He was the author of a textbook on instrumentation. Johann Armsheimer died in Leningrad in 1933. |