Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742-1810) is a remarkable persona in the history of Western art music, a violinist, and a giftedcomposer, who left a small but significant legacy. Thestory of his life is full of mysteries. N. Melgunov, hisfirst biographer, published the article (1842) thatbrought a lot of inaccuracy and confusion about Titz'slife events and chronology. Only recently did thoroughstudies of the composer's archives and manuscriptsmake it possible to restore the outline of hislife.