RIES. A distinguished family of musicians.
Johann Ries, native of Benzheim on the Rhine, born , was appointed Court trumpeter to the Elector of Cologne at Bonn, May 2, 1747, and violinist in the Capelle, Mar. 5, 1754. On April 27, 1764, his daughter Anna Maria was appointed singer. In 1774 she married Ferdinand Drewer, violinist in the band, and remained first soprano till the break-up in 1794. Her father died 1786 or 7. Her brother, Franz Anton, was born at...