Mechetti, Carlo (EN)

Mechetti [mεk’εtti] Carlo, *1748 Lucca, †30 January 1811 Vienna, Austrian music publisher of Italian origin. He spent many years in Colloredo, acquiring a considerable fortune which enabled him to buy a licence for the art trade in 1798, and from 1799 he sold works of art and sheet music in Vienna.

Literature: M. Kratochwil Monographie über Carlo Mechetti, Vienna, 1958; A. Weinmann Verlagsverzeichnis Pietro Mechetti qdm Carlo, Vienna 1966.