Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (1731 - 1798) was a German composer.
Born in Mannheim, Cannabich was the son of a flautist, and joined the Mannheim court orchestra when aged only twelve. In 1750, he went on to Rome to study music under Niccolò Jommelli. Having married one of the ladies in waiting of the Duchess of Zweibrecken, he obtained the favour of the duke, whom he accompanied to Paris in 1764. In 1774, he succeeded Johann Stamitz as director of the Mannheim court orchestra, and during the same period became a friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
