Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802) - Concert (Es-Dur) per il Violoncello
Performers: Alfred Lessing (1930-2013, cello); Consortium Musicum; Gerd Berg (1927-2016, conductor)
Further info: Am Hofe Des Herzogs Karl Eugen Von Württemberg
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German cellist, composer and conductor. After the early death of his
mother, he received general education at the Carlsschule in Stuttgart,
the military academy founded by the duke, where he became friendly with
Friedrich von Schiller and the sculptor Johann Heinrich Dannecker. He
studied cello with Eberhard Malterre and cello and composition with
Agostino Poli in Stuttgart, and in 1781 became solo cellist in the Court
Orchestra there. In 1783, he married Luise Andreae with whom he had
seven children. He served as music master at the Carlsschule (1785-94),
and in 1791 was made director of German music at the Stuttgart Court
Theater. In 1793 he succeeded Poli as court Konzertmeister, where he
championed the works of W.A. Mozart. As a composer, he produced 12
operas at Stuttgart, of which the best was 'Die Geisierinsel', after
Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (1798). His other stage works included
'Zalaor' (1787), 'Tamira' (1788), 'Das Pfauenfest' (1801), and
'Ebondocani' (1803). His music also includes a monodrama, five sets of
incidental music, two Masses, 14 sacred and 16 occasional cantatas, an
ode, two symphonies, 12 concertos (10 for cello and two for flute, in
addition to a concertante for two flutes), two cello sonatas, a trio for
three cellos, and four duos. However, his name became widely known
through the numerous ballads and lieder (c.300 works) published from
1791 onwards. His son Gustav Adolf Zumsteeg (1794-1859), after taking
over his mother’s music shop (1821), helped to found the Stuttgart male
choir Liederkranz (1824) and later established a music publishing house
for choral works (1825), which remained active until it was purchased by
Kazimierz Sikorski in 1940. His daughter Emilie Zumsteeg (1796-1857)
was a singer, pianist and composer.
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