Joseph Heinrich Breitenbach (17/05/1809 - 04/04/1866), a Swiss composer, priest in Einsiedln, father of
Franz Josef Breitenbach. Joseph Heinrich Breitenbach, born in Offenau, Wurttemberg, Germany, died in Wettingen, Aargau, Switzerland. He was a member of the Stuttgarter Hofkapelle. Since 1847 he was Musik- and Gesangslehrer at the Bezirkschule Muri and since November 1849 Musikdirektor and Organist at the Pfarrkirche of Muri. In 1858 he was appointed by the Aargauischen Regierung as Musiklehrer and Dirigent at the Lehrerseminar Wettingen.