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Draft:Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi

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Carl Joseph Toeschi (1731-1788), also known as Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi, was an Italian-German composer and violinist in the Mannheim school.

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Mannheim Palace, c. 1755

Not much is known about Toeschi's life. He was born in Ludwigsburg, and studied with Johann Stamitz and Anton Fils before joining the Mannheim orchestra in 1752.[1] He was made Konzertmeister of the orchestra in 1759. He moved to Munich in 1778, after Charles Theodore, the previous Elector Palatinate, became the Elector of Bavaria.

Toeschi died in Munich on 12th April 1788.

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