Florian Johann Deller
Florian Johann Deller (baptized May 2, 1729 in Drosendorf an der Thaya (Lower Austria); † September 19, 1773 in Munich ) was a German-Austrian composer and violinist.
Life
In 1751 he joined the court orchestra in Stuttgart as a violinist . Here he received lessons from the director of the court opera there, Niccolò Jommelli . He later became assistant to the ballet master Jean Georges Noverre and composed his first opera and ballets. In 1769 he was appointed concertmaster and “court composer” at the Stuttgart court. A short time later he went to Vienna, where he worked at the Burgtheater there. Deller died in 1773 in the monastery of the Merciful Brothers in Munich.
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His compositional work mainly includes operas , ballet music , sonatas and minuets . During his lifetime he enjoyed a high reputation as a composer. His works were u. a. appreciated by Mozart and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart . Many of his works are considered lost.
Works (selection)
- Operas
- Le Contese per amore
- Il Maestro di Capella
- Orfeo ed Euridice
literature
- Georg Reichert: Deller, Florian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 587 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- List of stage works by Florian Johann Deller based on the MGG at Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by Florian Johann Deller in the International Music Score Library Project
- Entry for Florian Johann Deller in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
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SURNAME | Deller, Florian Johann |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Döller, Florian; Töller, Florian; Töeller, Florian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 2, 1729 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Drosendorf , Lower Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1773 |
Place of death | Munich |