Josef Dessauer

Josef Dessauer (May 28, 1798, Prague – July 8, 1876, Mödling, near Vienna), was a Czech-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.

Life

Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish family, and studied piano in Prague with Friedrich Dionys Weber and composition with Wenzel Johann Tomaschek. Dessauer began as a song composer, but later began composing operas, of which very few were performed.

In 1821 he settled in Vienna, from which he made many European tours.

Operas

*"Lidwinna" (1836)
*"Ein Besuch in Saint-Cyr" (1838)
*"Paquita" (1851)
*"Domingo" (1860)
*"Oberon" (which was never performed)

ongs

*"Verschwiegenheit"
*"Das Gebet"
*"Wie Glücklich"
*"Am Strande"
*"Ich Denke Dein"
*"Das Zerbrochene Ringlein"

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