!!!Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl bis 1773 C. Ditters

b. Vienna, Nov. 2, 1739, d. Vienna, Oct. 24, 1799. Violin 
virtuoso and composer; as a member of the orchestra of the Prince of 
Sachsen-Hildburghausen, D. had close relations with the  
Hofmusikkapelle (Viennese Court orchestra); was a friend of C. W.  
Gluck and G.  Durazzo; from 1765 director of music for the 
Prince/Bishop of Grosswardein; important composer of the comic opera 
(in German and Italian) and the Viennese singspiel.

!Works
Comic operas and singspiels: Doctor und Apotheker, 1786; Die 
Liebe im Narrenhaus, 1786; Die Hochzeit des Figaro, 1789. - Oratorios: 
Esther, Isaac, Hiob. - Symphonies, masses, string quartets, sonatas - 
Lebensbeschreibung (autobiography), 1799 (reprinted on various 
occasions);

!Literature
H. Unverricht (ed.), C. D. v. D. 1739-1799, exhibiton 
catalogue, Wuerzburg 1997; S.-C. Yeon, C. D. v. D.: Die 
Kammermusik fuer Streichinstrumente, 1999; NDB.


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