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Johann Zumsteeg

German composer and conductor
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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
Born:
Jan. 10, 1760, Sachsenflur, Mosbach, Ger.
Died:
Jan. 27, 1802, Stuttgart (aged 42)
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Johann Zumsteeg (born Jan. 10, 1760, Sachsenflur, Mosbach, Ger.—died Jan. 27, 1802, Stuttgart) was a German composer and conductor known as a pioneer in the development of the ballad.

Zumsteeg was admitted to the Karlsschule, near Stuttgart, where he formed a close friendship with his fellow student Friedrich Schiller. He studied cello and theory with the local chapelmaster, whom he succeeded as director of the Stuttgart Opera in 1792. Although he composed eight operas, 21 church cantatas, choruses to Schiller’s play Die Räuber, and instrumental music, he is remembered chiefly for his 20 ballads for solo voice and piano. He exerted a strong influence on the youthful Schubert, whose early long narrative songs are clearly modelled on Zumsteeg’s ballads.

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