Florian Johann Deller

Florian Johann Deller (bapt. 2 May 1729 in Drosendorf, Lower Austria – 19 September 1773 in Munich) was an Austrian composer and violinist.

Life In 1751 he was a violinist at the court orchestra in Stuttgart. There he studied with Niccolo Jommelli. Later he became assistant to the ballet master Jean Georges Noverre and composed operas and ballets. In 1769 he was appointed Concertmaster and Hofcompositeur. In 1771 he moved to Vienna. Deller died in 1773 in the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy in Munich.

His compositional output consists mostly of operas, ballet music, sonatas and minuets. He enjoyed in his lifetime a high reputation as a composer. His works have been greatly appreciated, by, among others Mozart and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. Many of his works are considered lost.

Works Operas Il tamburo notturno, 1765 Le Contese per amore, 1770 Il Maestro di Capella, 1771 La contadina nelle corte 5 other Comic Operas Ballets Admète et Alceste (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1761 La mort d'Hercule (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1762 Orfée et Euridice (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763 Der Sieg des Neptun (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763 Apollon et Daphne (Lauchery), Kassel, 1764 Ballo di Alessandro (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1765 Pan et Syrinx (Lauchery), Kassel, 1766 Le feste d'Imeneo (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1766 Enée et Lavinie (Noverre), Stuttgart 1761-1766 Pigmalion ou La statuë animée (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767 Titon et l'Aurore (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767 La pauvre (D'Auvigny) to opera Fetonte by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768 Il matrimonio improvviso (D'Auvigny) to opera La schiava liberata by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768 Le astuzie della fata Urgela (D'Auvigny) to opera La schiava liberata by Niccolo Jommelli, Ludwigsburg, 1768 Telephe et Isménie ou La mort d'Eurite, Kassel, 1768 Hylas et Eglée, ou La fête d'amour (Lauchery), Kassel, 1769 Le ballet allégorique (D'Auvigny) to opera Calliroe by Antonio Sacchini, Ludwigsburg, 1770 La constance (D'Auvigny) to opera L’amore in musica by Antonio Boroni, Solitude, 1770 Le ballet polonois (D'Auvigny) to opera L’amore in musica by Antonio Boroni, Solitude, 1770 L'embarquement pour Cythère, ou Le triomphe de Venus, Kassel, 1770 Le rival imaginaire, Mannheim, 1774; Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Der junge Werther), Pressburg, 1777 La mariée de village, Kassel, 1784; 1 without title Instrumental 6 Sonatas, 2 vn, vc, hpd, London, 1780 Chaconne for pf 4 symphonies 2 flute concertos