Jindřich Krištof Hataš (german: Heinrich Christoph Hatasch/Hattasch; 1756–1808) was a German composer and violinist of Czech origin. The son of

Dismas Hataš Dismas Hataš (german: Hattasch; 1 December 1724 – 13 October 1777) was a Bohemian composer and violinist of the early classical period. Life Hataš was born in Vysoké Mýto into a musical family. Many of his relatives were cantors and orga ...

and Anna Franziska Benda, Jindřich Krištof was born in Gotha. He was taught to play the violin by his father. It has been suggested that a reference to ''Hattasch junior'' as the music director of Johann Joseph von Brunian's theatre group in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

refers to Jindřich Krištof Hataš, but this has not been verified.The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2001 In 1778 he was appointed as first violinist in the theatre orchestra of Friedrich Ludwig Schröder in Hamburg. He remained in Hamburg for the rest of his life. Among his known works are three singspiele ''Der Barbier von Bagdad'' (lost), ''Der ehrliche Schweizer'' (lost) and ''Helva und Zelinde'', from which several numbers were published in Hamburg in 1796.

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