Anton Schweitzer
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(b Coburg, bap. 6 June 1735; d Gotha, 23 Nov 1787). German composer. He served the Duke of Hildburghausen and from 1769 was Kapellmeister to the Seyler theatre company, working at Weimar, 1771-4, and at Gotha, where he directed the ducal chapel from 1778. He composed over 50 dramatic works, including Singspiels, operas and incidental music. Several works have librettos by C. M. Wieland, who aimed to create a German national opera; of these Alkeste (1773) was the first grand, through-composed German opera, and shows Jommelli's influence. His Pygmalion (1772) was the first German melodrama (predating G. Benda's Ariadne). His last opera was Rosamunde (1780, Mannheim); he also wrote cantatas, songs and instrumental pieces.
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Anton Schweitzer (Coburg, 6 June 1735 – Gotha, 23 November 1787) was a German composer of operas.
He was a child prodigy who obtained the patronage of the duke of Hildburghausen, who sent him to study in Bayreuth in 1758, then Italy (1764-66), and made him Kapellmeister enabling him to tour Europe. His most notable work is Alceste (1773), with a libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland.
Operas
- Elysium (Libretto: Johann Georg Jacobi, 18 January 1770, Hoftheater Hannover)
- Die Dorfgala (Libretto: Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, 30 June 1772, Hannover)
- Alceste (Libretto: Christoph Martin Wieland, 28 May 1773, Hoftheater Weimar)
- Die Wahl des Herkules (Libretto: Christoph Martin Wieland, 3 September 1773, Hoftheater Weimar)
- Rosamunde (Libretto: Christoph Martin Wieland, 20 January 1780, Nationaltheater Mannheim)
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