about 70 symphonies František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer of 37 symphonies Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798), Italian violinist and composer of at least 12 symphonies Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), of German composer of 28 symphonies, most of which are lost. He was the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical composers of symphonies, he wrote 106 examples, combining wit and structural clarity (see the List of symphonies by Joseph Haydn and the Category of Haydn symphonies) Franz Ignaz von Beecke (1733–1803), German composer of at least 33 symphonies Anton Fils (1733–1760), German composer who wrote at least 40 symphonies for the Mannheim orchestra Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809), German composer of about 25 symphonies François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829), French composer of over 60 symphonies Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786), Austrian composer of some 73 symphonies Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789), Croatian composer of 8 symphonies Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), German composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, wrote at least 28 symphonies Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792), German composer of at least 12 symphonies Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811), German composer of 2 symphonies Michael Haydn (1737–1806), Austrian composer of 41 symphonies (brother of the more famous Joseph Haydn). Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), Czech composer of over 45 symphonies Antonio Boroni (1738–1792), Italian composer of 1 symphony William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British composer of 24 symphonies Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793), Austrian composer of several symphonies Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), Austrian composer of at least 120 symphonies Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), Bohemian composer of 51 published symphonies Ernst Eichner (1740–1777), German composer of 31 symphonies Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer of at least 8 surviving symphonies Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), German composer of 12 symphonies Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Austrian composer of about 89 symphonies Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799), German–French composer of at least 15 symphonies Simon Le Duc (1742–1777), French composer of at least 4 surviving symphonies Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742–1811), German composer of symphonies Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italian composer of about 30 symphonies Josef Bárta (1744–1787), Czech composer of 13 symphonies Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777), Ukrainian composer of at least 1 symphony Gaetano Brunetti (1745–1798), Italian composer of at least 29 symphonies Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), French composer of 2 symphonies and 8 Symphonies concertantes Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech composer of at least 27 symphonies Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer of over 50 symphonies Giuseppe Cambini (1746–1825), Italian violinist and composer of about