Wilhelm Wolf

(b Grossen Behringen, bap. 25 Feb 1735; d Weimar, 29-30 Nov 1792). German composer. He studied in Jena, where he directed and composed for the collegium musicum. After periods in Leipzig and Naumburg, he joined the Weimar court as music tutor to Anna Amalia's sons. He stayed there, becoming Kapellmeister in 1772. As a composer he strove to create new modes of expression, and became widely known. Hisc20 Singspiels and other operas, written for Weimar and elsewhere, have a sensitive melodic style, sometimes with folk elements. He also wrote numerous sacred and secular vocal works, orchestral, chamber and keyboard works and books on music. His wife was the singer and harpsichordist Maria Carolina Benda (1742-1820); he was related to J.F. Reichardt.

For the 19th century socialist see Wilhelm Wolff

Wilhelm Wolf (October 19, 1898 – November 9, 1923) was a businessman and early member of the Nazi Party, who participated in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch and was killed in the courtyard along with fifteen others. Hitler dedicated his book Mein Kampf to them, symbolizing them as heroes and martyrs of the Nazi struggle.

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