Johann Adam Hiller
Born: 25th December 1728, Germany
Died: 16th June 1804, Leipzig, Germany
Nationality: German
Johann Adam Hiller was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet Christian Felix Weiße.
Hiller was a teacher who encouraged musical education for women, his pupils including Elisabeth Mara and Corona Schröter. He was Kapellmeister of Abel Seyler's theatrical company, and became the first Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
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New. Love & Devotion - German Baroque Motets from Leipzig
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Sachisches Vocalensemble, Matthias Jung
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Thomanerchor Leipzig, 800 Jahre
Thomanerchor, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
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Mit Christian Fürchtegott Gellert aus Leipzig zu Ludwig van Beethoven nach Wien - Eine Liederreise
Gotthold Schwarz (baritone), Michael Schönheit (fortepiano, piano)
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