HIMMEL, FREDERICK HENRY (1765-1814), German composer, was born on Nov. 20, 1765 at Treuenbrietzen, Bran denburg. The production of his oratorio Isaaco (1792) procured his appointment as court Kapellmeister to the king of Prussia. His Italian operas, successively composed for Stockholm, St. Pe tersburg and Berlin, were all received with great favour in their day. Of greater importance than these, however, is an operetta to German words by Kotzebue, called Fanchon, a good specimen of the German Singspiel. Himmel's gift of melody is shown in the still popular anthem "Incline thine ear." He died in Berlin on June 8, 1814.