Johann Wilhelm Hertel (9 October 1727 14 June 1789) was a German composer harpsichord and violin player.He was born in Eisenach into a family of musicians. His father Johann Christian Hertel (1697-1754) was Konzertmeister (from 1733) and director of music at the Eisenach court while his grandfather Jakob Christian Hertel (ca. 1667-ca. 1726) had been Kapellmeister in Oettingen and later Merseburg. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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