Anton Teyber (8 September 1756 (bapt.) – 18 November 1822) was an Austrian organist,

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

and composer. Anton Teyber was born and died in Vienna. His brother was

Franz Teyber Franz Teyber (bapt. 25 August 1758, Viennadied 21 October 1810, Wien-Josefstadt, today 8. Bezirk) was an Austrian Kapellmeister, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying under Georg Christoph Wagenseil, from 1786 he was direc ...

. He taught the children of the

Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...

before working as a composer to (among others) the Dresden opera and Vienna court. He is notable for his two 'Concertos for Corni da Caccia'. He also performed alongside

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

and

Nikolaus Kraft Nikolaus Kraft (14 December 1778, Eszterháza, Hungary – 18 May 1853, Cheb, Bohemia) was an Austrian cellist and composer (six cello concertos). He was the son of Antonín Kraft, under whom he first studied. He then trained under Jean-Louis Du ...

in 1789 during

Mozart's Berlin journey One of the longest adulthood journeys of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a visit, beginning in Spring 1789, to a series of cities lying northward of his adopted home in Vienna: Prague, Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin. Departure The journey took p ...

. His daughter was Elena Teyber who was born in Vienna and became a professor at Iaşi Conservatory where she was known as a pianist and composer from 1827 to 1863. She married

Gheorghe Asachi Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer- border maker and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and ...

Works

* 11 Masses * Requiem in E flat ("Pro defuncta Imperatrice Ludovica") * ''Gioas re di Giuda'' Oratorio (Libretto by Pietro Metastasio; Premiered at

Burgtheater The Burgtheater (literally:"Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater"), originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in V ...

, Wien, 1786) * Other sacred works * 36 symphonies * 6 violin concertos * A double concerto for violin and piano in C * 4 piano concertos * 2 horn concertos * 29 string quartets * 14 piano quartets * 2 sextets * 3 octets (Strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns) * 3 piano trios * 6 string trios * Other chamber works, minuets, gavottes etc. for piano

References

External links

Anton Teyber (1754 - 1822) - 2nd Concerto E flat-Major for Horn and Orchestra
*https://web.archive.org/web/20101128002417/http://operone.de/komponist/teybera.html * *

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