Joseph Schuster
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12 Opern-Gesänge6 Divertimenti da camera6 Petites Pièces for Violin and Keyboard7 Variations for 2 HarpsichordsA
Amor, ben ragion haiAmore e PsicheC
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in D majorG
Gli avari in trappolaH
Harpsichord Concerto in C majorI
Il marito indolenteIl servo padroneL
La savojardeL'idolo cineseLo Spirito di contradizioneLob der MusikM
Mass in A majorMass in E-flat majorMass No.1 in D minorMass No.6 in G majorO
Osmano dey d'AlgeriR
RübezahlS
Sinfonia in D majorSinfonia No.5 in B-flat majorWikipediaJoseph Schuster (11 August 1748 – 24 July 1812) was a German composer.
Schuster was born in Dresden, where he received his first musical training from his father, a court musician, and from
Johann Georg Schürer. Thanks to a scholarship from the Saxon Prince-electors, he was able to study with
Giovanni Battista Martini and counterpoint in Venice with G. Pera from 1765 to 1768. In 1776 he completed his first opera seria Didone abbandonata, after a libretto by Metastasio. It was given at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and by all accounts a great success. In the same year, the opera seria Demofoonte premiered in Forlì.
In the following years, Schuster's position was solidified with operatic successes in Naples and Venice. He was also recognized in Germany as an accomplished composer and his singspiel, Der Alchymist, oder Der Liebesteufel is considered one of the finest examples of the art form. Most of his works are assigned to the opera buffa, but he also composed religious works, chamber music and orchestral music.
Schuster's work is also found in the string quartets appendix of the Köchel catalogue (No. 210 et seq,), and for a long time the "Milan Quartets" (1772–73) were viewed as Mozart works. Schuster composed these works around 1780, which were long considered to be copies of Mozart originals. The musicologist Ludwig Finscher was able to uncover the true origin (in The Music Research, 1966).
Schuster died at Dresden.