Joseph Schubert (composer)
Joseph Schubert | |
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| Born | December 20, 1754 Varnsdorf, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) |
| Died | July 28, 1837 (aged 82) Dresden, Saxony |
| Occupations | Composer, violinist, violist |
| Instruments | Violin, viola |
| Years active | 1770s–1837 |
Joseph Schubert (20 December 1754 – 28 July 1837) was a German composer, violinist, and violist.[1]
Schubert was born in Varnsdorf, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a musical family. He received his early musical education from his father, who was a cantor, and then in Prague. In 1778, he moved to Berlin to study the violin with Paul Kohn, director of the royal orchestra there.
In 1779, Schubert obtained a position as violinist in the court of Heinrich Friedrich, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. In 1788, he accepted a post as violist in the court orchestra of Dresden, where he remained until his death in 1837.
Schubert gained recognition as a versatile composer, cited in the 1812 edition of Ernst Ludwig Gerber's lexicon of composers. His œuvre includes 15 masses, 4 operas, 17 sonatas, and 49 concertos for solo instruments. The Saxon State Library in Dresden holds the manuscripts of three viola concertos attributed to him.
Published works
- Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in C major (Schott Music, ed. Karlheinz Schultz-Hauser)
External links
References
- ↑ "Die Oper in Italien und Deutschland zwischen 1770 und 1830". 2014-11-03. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- 1754 births
- 1837 deaths
- 18th-century German composers
- Musicians from the Kingdom of Saxony
- People from Varnsdorf
- German Bohemian people
- German opera composers
- German male opera composers
- German classical violinists
- German male classical violinists
- 18th-century German violinists
- German classical violists
- Violists from the Holy Roman Empire
- 19th-century German composers
- 19th-century German male composers
- 19th-century German violinists
- 18th-century German male musicians
- 19th-century violists