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In 1762 the violinist Johann (Ernst) Hartmann made his way from the Duchy of Plön in Holstein to Copenhagen. The talented Hartmann soon established himself as concertmaster at the Danish court. Only four of what were probably his many Symphonies are still extant, since most of his instrumental music was lost in 1794 during a fire at Christiansborg Castle. Nevertheless, these four works render very apparent the great mastery and the exuberant wealth of melodic invention of this German Dane, who with his five sons founded a Danish dynasty of musicians.