Franz Joseph Glæser (19 April 1798 - 29 August 1861), also spelt as Glaeser and Gläser, was an

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n- Danish composer. Born in Obergeorgenthal,

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, then part of the

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, Glaeser’s work as a composer was mostly done before he migrated to

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, to spend much of his later life in

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. He gained his first position as a

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at the Leopoldstadt Theater in 1817 and his last at Copenhagen in 1842, retaining the position until his death in 1861.Carl Henrik Holten, Peter Frederik Rist, Julius Clausen, ''Af en gammel hofmands mindeblade'' (1909), p. 221

Work

* '' Die vier Haimonskinder'' (1809) * ''Bärnburgs Sturz'' (1817) * ''Das Mädchen ohne Zunge'' (1819) * ''Das Felsenmädchen'' (1820) * ''Der geraubte Schleier'' (1820) * ''Der Tambour'' (1820) * ''Sküs, Mond und Pagat'' (1820) * ''Wenn's was ist, so ist's nichts und ist's nichts, so sind's 36 Kreuzer'' (1820) * ''Arsenius der Weiberfeind'' (1823) * ''Dank und Undank'' (1823) *'' Der rasende Roland'' (1823) * ''Stumme Liebe'' (1823) * ''Der Brief an sich selbst'' (1824) * ''Der Erlenkönig'' (1824) * ''Die kurzen Mäntel'' (1824) * ''Die Rettung durch die Sparkassa'' (1824) * ''Liebe und Haß'' (1824) * ''Sauertöpfchen'' (1824) * ''Sieben Mädchen in Uniform'' (1825) * ''Der Bär und das Kind'' (1825) * ''Die sonderbare Laune'' (1825) * ''Die Weiber in Uniform'' (1825) * ''Die Zauberin Armida'' (1825) * ''Heliodor, Beherrscher der Elemente'' (1825) *'' Menagerie und optische Zimmerreise in Krähwinkel'' (1825) * ''Die steinerne Jungfrau'' (1826) * ''Oberon, König der Elfen'' (1827) * ''Peterl und Paulerl'' (1827) * ''Abu, der schwarze Wundermann'' (1828) *'' Armida, die Zauberin im Orient'' (1825) * ''Elsbeth'' (1828) * ''Meister Pilgram, Erbauer des Stephansturmes in Wien'' (1828) * ''Peter Stiglitz'' * ''Staberl'' * ''Die steinerne Jungfrau'' * ''Der Rattenfänger von Hameln'' * ''Aurora'' (c.1830 Berlin) * ''Die Brautschau auf Kronstein'' (1830, Berlín) * ''Andrea'' (1830 Berlín) * ''Des Adlers Horst'' (29.12.1832, Berlín) * ''Die Augen des Teufels'' * ''Bryllupet vet Como-søen'' (29.1.1849, Kodaň) * ''Nøkken'' (12.2.1853, Kodaň) * ''Den forgyldte svane'' (17.3.1854, Kodaň)

References

*''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.'' 1798 births 1861 deaths People from Horní Jiřetín German Bohemian people Composers from the Austrian Empire Emigrants from the Austrian Empire Danish composers Male composers Immigrants to Denmark 19th-century male musicians {{Denmark-composer-stub

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