Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727, Eisenach - 1789, Schwerin) - German composer, harpsichordist and violinist. Son of composer and virtuoso violinist Johann Christian Hertel.
He wrote a large number of symphonies, concerts, harpsichord sonatas, songs, cantatas and oratorios. Considered an important representative of the `sensitive German style`.
His oboe concertos are exemplary works of the time. The autographs, kept in the library of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (signatures no. B-Bc-5562 and B-Bc-5563), together contain 10 oboe concertos in different keys. Nine of them are collected (and numbered by librarians) in Sig. No. B-Bc-5562, and one posted separately as B-Bc-5563.