!!!Distler, Johann Georg

Distler, Johann Georg, b. in or near Vienna, 1765, 
d. Vienna, July 28, 1799. Violinist and composer, favourite pupil 
of J.  Haydn; 1781 to 1796 member of the Stuttgart "Hofkapelle" (Court 
orchestra) (finally orchestra director), then lived in Vienna as a 
well-known composer of chamber music; dedicated his works to Princess 
Sophie and Prince Carl of Wuerttemberg, as well as Grand Prince Paul 
of Russia.

!Works
6 quartets, 1791; 6 quartets for violins and violoncelli, 1791; 
6 quintets, 1799 (lost).

!Literature
F. Blume (ed.), Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 
vol. 3, 1984.


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