Early Life, Family and Training Born in Vienna, Austria, on January 8, 1816, Friedrich Treml entered a world deeply connected to the performing and visual arts. He was the son of Friedrich Anton Tremmel, a decorative painter and director at the Hofburgtheater, and Theresia Barbara Bondra, an opera singer. This lineage of artistry was further underscored by his connection to the musical elite; his godfather was Johann Nepomuk Hummel. W…