Pantaleon Hebenstreit

Pantaleon Hebenstreit
Born(1668-11-27)27 November 1668
Kleinheringen, Naumburg;
or Eisleben (sources differ)
Died15 May 1750(1750-05-15) (aged 81)
Dresden, Saxony
Occupations
  • Dancing master (teacher)
  • musician
  • composer
Known forInventing the pantalon, a keyboard instrument
A pantalon reconstruction

Pantaleon Hebenstreit (27 November 1668 – 15 November 1750) was a German dance teacher, musician and composer.[1]

Today his notability rests primarily on the pantalon, a keyboard instrument which he invented[2] and which subsequently came to be seen by some as a precursor of the modern pianoforte.[3]

  1. ^ Robert Eitner (1880), "Hebenstreit, Pantaleon", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 11, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 196–197
  2. ^ Whitney, W. D.; Smith, B. E. (1906). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. The Century Co. p. 4262.
  3. ^ David Charlton. "Pantaleon Hebenstreit (1667–1750)". Classical Net. Retrieved 7 September 2015.