Karl Ignatz Kohaut

In 1758 Kohaut entered the civil assistance acceeding to the positioning of secretary from the imperial chancery. He proceeded to go using the Emperor and Chancellor on journeys overseas as the secretary. During his moves, so that as a virtuoso lute participant, Kohaut became familiar and appreciative from the functions of Bach and Handel — the former’s cantatas as well as the latter’s oratorios. He was lauded for his facile capabilities for the lute. Actually Fetis announced the he was the most skilled lute participant ever which the music he made up for the lute was the very best for that kind of music. It had been not before twentieth century, nevertheless, that any unique notice was presented with to Kohaut’s string compositions.