In the chapel at Mainz, in the year 1783 to 1784, there were the clever cellist and lutist, JOH. CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB SCHINDLER, the brothers JOSEPH and ANDREAS SCHWACHHOFER, and at the Court of Treves was also at that time CARL CASPAR EDER, born 1751 in Bavaria, who made himself known as a cello player in several tours. To the Electoral Kapelle at Bonn belonged JOSEPH REICHA and MAXIMILIAN WILLMAN. REICHA, uncle of the gifted composer, Anton Reicha, was born at Prague in 1746; found at first a position with Count Wallenstein, and a few years later received the appointment of Concert leader at Bonn. He was working there with some reputation until his death in 1795. WILLMAN, born in 1768, at Forchtenberg, a village between Würzburg and Mergentheim, was member of the Bonn Hofkapelle in the last decade of the past century, after he had been resident for a few years in Vienna. Later on he returned to Vienna and found a post there as solo player at the theatre. Willman, who died in 1812, had two daughters, the elder of whom was a pupil of Mozart for the pianoforte, and the younger an excellent singer. Louis von Beethoven solicited the hand of the latter, but in vain. Besides Reicha and Willman, the celebrated violoncellist, BERNHARD ROMBERG, belonged to the Kapelle at Bonn from 1790-1793. With regard to this artist the necessary information will be given in the next section on Germany, for the distinctive influence of his work belongs to the nineteenth century. To the above-mentioned German violoncellists are to be added Immler, Schönebeck, Rauppe, Bauersachs, Alexander, and Arnold. IMMLER, born in 1750, at Weitramsdorf, near Coburg, found a sphere for work in Göttingen. His playing was distinguished especially for its fine tone and agreeable manner of rendering. He was also a good violinist.