Background
He was born on October 17, 1790, in Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany into the family of a poor shoemaker.
He was born on October 17, 1790, in Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany into the family of a poor shoemaker.
August Ferdinand Anacker was a German composer, conductor and a teacher of music. He was a pupil of Schicht and Schneider at Leipzig. Also, Anacker founded singing-societies by which the best works of Sebastian Bach, Graun, Hasse, Schneider, etc., were given.