Sebastian Bodinus (ca. 1700 - March 19, 1759) was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village Bittstädt in Saxe-Gotha and trained as a violinist. It is known that in 1718 he entered the service of the Margrave Carl III Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach at the court in Karlsruhe. Bodinus worked elsewhere but always returned to Karlsruhe and was concertmaster there for two periods. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, returned in a disoriented state in 1758 and was committed to an insane asylum in Pforzheim where he died. Read more on Last.fm