Florian Johann Deller (1729-1773) - Suite 'Orfeo Ed Euridice' (1763)

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Composer: Florian Johann Deller (1729-1773)
Work: Suite-Ballet 'Orfeo Ed Euridice' (1763)
Performers: Consortium Musicum; Walter Thoеnе (conductor)

Drawing: Johann Hieronymus Löschenkohl (1753-1807) - Audiens der hungarischen Landtags-Deputation bey Leopold II
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Map: Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) - Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris
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Florian Johann (Giovanni) Deller [Teller, Döller, Töller]
(Drosendorf, bap. 2 May 1729 - Munich, 19 April 1773)

Austrian composer and violinist. Little is known of his early education, save that it was at regional monastic schools. He first appears in 1751 as a violinist in Stuttgart, where he studied under Niccolò Jommelli. His first success as a composer was with a ballet 'Orfée et Euridice' (1763), choreographed by Jean-Georges Noverre. By 1769 he had achieved a success as an opera composer in Vienna with a production at the Burgtheater of 'Il maestro di cappella' (1773) and had been appointed concertmaster and Hofcompositeur in Stuttgart. He soon left and settled in Munich, where he is reputed to have received a commission from Maria Antonia Walpurgis to write a mass for Dresden. He died in Munich on his way back from further work in Vienna. As a composer, he was known as a facile composer particularly of ballet music, with a good solid sense of danceable rhythm. His music was generally in the Viennese Classical style with the addition of Italian orchestral recitative for the large pantomime scenes and folklike melodies. His works include 11 ballets, nine comic operas, four symphonies, six trio sonatas, two flute concertos, and numerous sacred compositions.