About Johann Adam von Questenberg
Lived 1678 – 1752 (aged 74). Johann Adam von Questenberg was a composer, patron of the arts and adviser.
Count Johann Adam von Questenberg (baptized 24 February 1678; died 10 May 1752) His tenure at the Court ended in 1735, when Emperor Charles VI sent him to the Moravian Landtag as (the Emperor's personal representative). There is also evidence of a professional contact with Bach, through a middleman, in 1749. The Bach scholar Michael Maul suggested that Questenberg may have commissioned the Mass in B minor.
Questenberg was married twice; to Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer (1691–1736) in 1707, and to Countess Maria Antonia von (1708–1778) in 1738. There were six children from his first marriage, but only one daughter, Maria Carolina (1712–1750), reached adulthood.
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Who was Johann Adam von Questenberg?
Austrian aristocrat
When was Johann Adam von Questenberg born?
Johann Adam von Questenberg was born on 24 February 1678 in Vienna.
When did Johann Adam von Questenberg die?
Johann Adam von Questenberg died on 10 May 1752 in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Prague.
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Johann Adam von Questenberg was a composer, patron of the arts and adviser.
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