Johann Kaspar Mertz

Hungarian guitarist, flutist and composer, Caspar Joseph Mertz (baptized name: Casparus Josephus Mertz) was born in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) on August 17, 1806. He died on October 14, 1856. One of the most brilliant representatives of the school Viennese of guitar at the beginning of the 19th century, Mertz was often called and named Johann Kaspar instead of Caspar Joseph.