Václav Jindřich Veit

Václav Jindřich Veit (German: Wenzel Heinrich Veit; 19 January 1806 in Řepnice – 16 February 1864, Litoměřice) was a Czech-Austrian composer, pianist and lawyer.

Václav Jindřich Veit in 1847

To pay tuition at a law school in Prague, Veit gave music lessons. After earning his law degree and getting a position as a legal clerk, Veit continued to teach music and even started writing music. He wrote mostly chamber music, and later on in his life wrote more and more songs with texts in Czech, such as "Pozdravení pěvcovo". He also wrote some church music, including a setting of the Te Deum and a couple of masses. Although he wrote some orchestral music, such as a violin concertino and a parody of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Veit only wrote one symphony, in E minor, which is however considered "a notable milestone in the development of the Czech symphonic style."^[1]