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August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739 – October 24, 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist.

He was innate around Vienna as Carl Ditters. He got fiddle lessons from either Giuseppe Trani and compositions lessons from Giuseppe Bonno. He served within the total of courts, including when Kapellmeister to the Prince-Bishop of Breslau from 1770 to 1795. He died within Neuhof, Bohemia.

His works come little performed now, however he was easily known within his day, & is considered an significant composer of the Classical era. Fallowing occasionally early Italian opera buffa, he composed a total of German Singspiele, with five hundred Apotheker und der Doktor (1786, usually known in todays world when Doktor und Apotheker) particularly existence the wow profits withwithin his life-time, swimming in houses tons on top Europe. His symphonies (around 110 of the babies) come besides considered ticket pieces by having their folk-rather melodies & witty passages; it include xii according to Ovid's Metamorphoses (six of which have survived to the present day). He as well wrote oratorios, cantatas, concertos (including two for the double bass & 1 for the viola), chamber music, piano pieces and more works. His memoirs, Lebenbeschreibung, were published withinside Leipzig in 1801.

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Carl [Karl] Ditters von Dittersdorf
Portrait, biography, and partial discography from Here Of A Sunday Morning the radio program.

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799)
Library of Congress Citations.

Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von
Biography showing his wide and deep influence upon Austrian music as violinist, Kapellmeister, and composer of Singspiels and other vocal works plus instrumental pieces from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.

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Recommended recordings and portrait from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799)
Brief biography, caricature, summaries of stage, vocal and choral, orchestral, and chamber music, and Naxos discography.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Portrait, biography, and list of works from Artaria Editions.

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Karadar dictionary entry with life, comparison to contemporaries, links, and portrait.


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