Question: who is one of the first german composers that we know about
Answer: 1710 ) Johann Zacharias Franck ( 1686 -- 1756 ) Melchior Franck ( 1580 -- 1639 ) Richard Franck ( 1858 -- 1938 ) Clemens von Franckenstein ( 1875 -- 1942 ) Bernd Franke ( born 1959 ) Robert Franz ( 1815 -- 1892 ) Henning Frederichs ( de ) ( 1936 -- 2003 ) Frederick II of Prussia ( 1712 -- 1786 ) Carl Friedemann ( 1862 -- 1952 ) Johannes Fritsch ( born 1941 ) Johann Jakob Froberger ( 1616 -- 1667 ) Gerhard Frommel ( de ) ( 1906 -- 1984 ) Adam von Fulda ( 1445 -- 1505 ) Wilhelm Furtwängler ( 1886 -- 1954 )