Florian Johann Deller (bapt. 2 May 1729 in Drosendorf, Lower Austria – 19 September 1773 in Munich) was an Austrian composer and violinist.
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.
OperasIl tamburo notturno, 1765Le Contese per amore, 1783Il Maestro di Capella, 1771La contadina nelle corte5 other Comic OperasBalletsAdmète et Alceste (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1761La mort d'Hercule (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1762Orfée et Euridice (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763Der Sieg des Neptun (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763Apollon et Daphne (Lauchery), Kassel, 1764Ballo di Alessandro (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1765Pan et Syrinx (Lauchery), Kassel, 1766Le feste d'Imeneo (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1766Enée et Lavinie (Noverre), Stuttgart 1761-1766Pigmalion ou La statuë animée (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767Titon et l'Aurore (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767La pauvre, after 1767La schiava liberata, Ludwigsburg, 1768Telephe et Isménie ou La mort d'Eurite, Kassel, 1768Hylas et Eglée, ou La fête d'amour (Lauchery), Kassel, 1769Ballo polonois, Stuttgart, 1770La constance, Stuttgart, 1770L'embarquement pour Cythère, ou Le triomphe de Venus, Kassel, 1770Le rival imaginaire, Mannheim, 1774;Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Der junge Werther), Pressburg, 1777La mariée de village, Kassel, 1784;2 ballets to op Calliroe1 without titleInstrumental6 Sonatas, 2 vn, vc, hpd, London, 1780Chaconne for pf4 symphonies2 flute concertos
