Johann Georg (Adam) Schürer ( – 16 February 1786) was a German baroque composer. He worked as a church composer in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

for most of his life.

Biography

Schürer was born in

Roudnice nad Labem Roudnice nad Labem (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Rep ...

. From 1746, he worked in

. He composed five operas before 1748, when he was appointed a church composer. He retired in 1780 and died on 16 February 1786 in Dresden.

Operas

* ''Astrea placata ovvero La felicità della terra,'' (libretto Biaggio Campagnari), 7 October 1746 Warsaw; 29. Oct. 1746 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater * ''La Galathea'' (libretto

Pietro Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and Libretto, librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early ...

), dramma per musica 2 Acts 8. Nov. 1746 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater * ''Doris, ein musikalisches Schäferspiel'' in 2 parts 13. Feb. 1747 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater * ''L' Ercole sul Termodonte'' (libretto Giacomo Francesco Bussani), dramma per musica 3 acts 19. July 1747 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater * '' Calandro'' (libretto

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (21 March 1672 – 16 April 1742) was an Italian poet and opera librettist. He was the son of the composer Carlo Pallavicino (1630?-1688). (Their surname Pallavicino is sometimes spelt Pallavicini.) Biography Pa ...

), comedia per musica 3 acts (20. Jan. 1748 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater

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* 1720 births 1786 deaths German Baroque composers 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub