The present collection of 81 original duets for two horns was the horn player and musician Johann Wolfgang Joseph Friedrich Thomae (1751 1835) - collated . He was 13th July 1751 in Arzberg born as the son of musician Johann Peter Sigmund Thomae. The family Thomae in their forefathers numerous town and church musician, who for generations around the cities Asch, Marktredwitz and Arzberg, and thus the intersection of Bohemia, Saxony and Franconia impacts.
What are the compositions of this collection of original works of Joseph Friedrich Thomae are is unclear. The title page of his notes and his son in law Johann Adam Mainer, who was a musician in town from 1816 Hohenberg, as the owner. The majority, however, are certainly copies of the 2nd Half of the XVIII. Century. Only three names are mentioned in the transcript as a composer. No. 66 is a composition by Klauss, this is likely the horn player Joseph Klaus (1775 - 1834) meant. No. 78 is referred to as "di Knecht" and No.81 is a composition of the French horn player Frederic Duvernoy (1765 - 1836). Some, mostly with "fanfare" overridden, the duo have clearly hunting horn signals as a reference. This frequently made ​​use of composers and so is found in the No.54 a motif that is the Concerto in E flat major for 2 horns op.5 Joseph Reicha (1752 - 1795) can be found.
