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Florian Johann Deller (bapt. 2 May 1729 in Drosendorf, Lower Austria – 19 September 1773 in Munich) was an Austrian composer and violinist.




Life


In 1751 he was a violinist at the court orchestra in Stuttgart. There he studied with Niccolo Jommelli. Later he became assistant to the ballet master Jean Georges Noverre and composed operas and ballets. In 1769 he was appointed Concertmaster and Hofcompositeur. In 1771 he moved to Vienna. Deller died in 1773 in the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy in Munich.
His compositional output consists mostly of operas, ballet music, sonatas and minuets. He enjoyed in his lifetime a high reputation as a composer. His works have been greatly appreciated, by, among others Mozart and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. Many of his works are considered lost.




Works


Operas
Il tamburo notturno, 1765
Le Contese per amore, 1770
Il Maestro di Capella, 1771
La contadina nelle corte
5 other Comic Operas
Ballets
Admète et Alceste (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1761
La mort d'Hercule (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1762
Orfée et Euridice (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763
Der Sieg des Neptun (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763
Apollon et Daphne (Lauchery), Kassel, 1764
Ballo di Alessandro (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1765
Pan et Syrinx (Lauchery), Kassel, 1766
Le feste d'Imeneo (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1766
Enée et Lavinie (Noverre), Stuttgart 1761-1766
Pigmalion ou La statuë animée (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767
Titon et l'Aurore (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767
La pauvre (D'Auvigny) to opera Fetonte by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768
Il matrimonio improvviso (D'Auvigny) to opera La schiava liberata by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768
Le astuzie della fata Urgela (D'Auvigny) to opera La schiava liberata by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768
Telephe et Isménie ou La mort d'Eurite, Kassel, 1768
Hylas et Eglée, ou La fête d'amour (Lauchery), Kassel, 1769
Le ballet allégorique (D'Auvigny) to opera Calliroe by Antonio Sacchini, Ludwigsburg, 1770
La constance (D'Auvigny) to opera L’amore in musica by Antonio Boroni, Solitude, 1770
Le ballet polonois (D'Auvigny) to opera L’amore in musica by Antonio Boroni, Solitude, 1770
L'embarquement pour Cythère, ou Le triomphe de Venus, Kassel, 1770
Le rival imaginaire, Mannheim, 1774;
Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Der junge Werther), Pressburg, 1777
La mariée de village, Kassel, 1784;
1 without title
Instrumental
6 Sonatas, 2 vn, vc, hpd, London, 1780
Chaconne for pf
4 symphonies
2 flute concertos




Sources


Rudolf Krauss: Das Stuttgarter Hoftheater von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart (1908)




External links


Free scores by Florian Johann Deller at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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