HARTMANN. A family of German origin who have lived in Copenhagen for some four generations. Johann Ernst (1726-1793) was a violinist and composer, who after holding several musical posts at Breslau and Rudolstadt became capellmeister to the Duke of Ploen, and went with him to Copenhagen. Here he wrote much music, now completely forgotten, with the exception of the song ‘Kong Christian,
’ which first appeared in an opera ‘Der Fischer,
’ and has since been adopted as the Danish National...
