JOHANN GEORGE, a musician, born at Kloster-Neuburg, Vienna, in 1729. He was a very learned contrapuntist, and became court organist at Vienna, was a member of the Academy, and had the honour of being the instructor of Beethoven. He died in 1809. Twenty-seven of his numerous compositions have been printed. His excellent Guide to Composition, with Examples, was first published at Leipzig, in 1790; and a collection of his writings on harmony, in 3 vols., appeared at Vienna in 1826.