- Joseph Schubert
Joseph Schubert (
December 20 ,1754 ,Varnsdorf –July 28 ,1837 ,Dresden ) was a Germancomposer ,violinist , andviolist .Joseph Schubert was born in Varnsdorf,
Bohemia (nowCzech Republic ) to a musical family. He received his early musical education from his father, who was a "kantor", and then inPrague . In 1778, Schubert moved toBerlin to study theviolin withPaul 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, Schubert 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 opus includes 15 masses, 4opera s, 17sonata s, and 49concerto s for solo instruments. TheSaxon State Library in Dresden holds the manuscripts of three viola concertos attributed to Joseph Schubert.Published works
*Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in C major (
Schott Music , ed. Karlheinz Schultz-Hauser)External links
* [http://mdz.bib-bvb.de/digbib/lexika/adb/images/adb032/@ebt-link?target=idmatch(entityref,adb0320639) biography (in German)]
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