Name Joseph Weigl Role Composer | Parents Joseph Franz Weigl Librettists Ignaz Franz Castelli | |
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Died February 3, 1846, Vienna, Austria Similar People Ferdinando Paer, Daniel Steibelt, Wenzel Muller, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Johann Simon Mayr |
Joseph weigl die schweizer familie ouverture
Joseph Weigl (28 March 1766 – 3 February 1846) was an Austrian composer and conductor, born in Eisenstadt, Hungary, Austrian Empire.
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- Joseph weigl die schweizer familie ouverture
- Paganini Sonata con Variazioni su un Tema di Joseph Weigl MS 47
- Operas
- References
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The son of Joseph Franz Weigl (1740–1820), the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri. He became Kapellmeister at the court theatre in Vienna in 1792, and from 1827 to 1838 was vice-Kapellmeister of the court.
Weigl composed a number of operas, both Italian and German and in various genres, although most of his late works are pieces of sacred music. His best known work was the opera Die Schweizerfamilie (1809). He also set Emanuel Schikaneder's libretto Vestas Feuer (1805), after Ludwig van Beethoven had composed a single scene and then abandoned it.
He died in Vienna.
Paganini: Sonata con Variazioni su un Tema di Joseph Weigl, MS. 47
Operas
(first performed in Vienna, unless otherwise noted)