Friedrich Christian (Samuel) Mohrheim

Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim (elsewhere spelt Morheim), lived from 1718 to 1780. He was born in Neumark (Thuringia), the son of a cantor. His centre of activity became Danzig, where he published a Piano Sonata. The remainder of his works – Concerti and Sonatas for piano and pieces for organ – survived only in manuscript.
The original of the present work is contained in the collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin State Library of Prussian Cultural Heritage), under the signature Mus. ms. 30 190.