!!!Mederitsch, Johann genannt Gallus-Mederitsch

Mederitsch, Johann (called Gallus-Mederitsch), baptised Vienna, Dec. 27, 1760, 
d. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), Dec. 18, 1835, composer, 
conductor and teacher. From 1781 conductor at the theatres in Olmuetz, 
Vienna and Ofen (Budapest); piano teacher of F.  Grillparzer. Friend 
of W. A. Mozart´s son, to whom he left his possessions (now 
at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.). One of the best known composers of his 
time.

!Works
1st act of the opera "Babylons Pyramiden" (2nd act by P. 
Winter), 1797; 7 further singspiele, incidental music (Macbeth, 
Hamlet, The Tempest), sonatas, compositions for the piano, 4 masses, 
string quartets, symphonies, concertos.



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