Johann Georg Schürer (1720 – 16 February 1786) was a German baroque composer. He was born in
Bohemia, and died in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, aged about 65.
Operas
* ''Astrea placata ovvero La felicità della terra,'' (libretto Biaggio Campagnari), 7 October 1746 Warsaw; 29. Oct. 1746 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater
* ''La Galathea'' (libretto
Pietro Metastasio
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti.
Early life
Met ...
), dramma per musica 2 Acts 8. Nov. 1746 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater
* ''Doris, ein musikalisches Schäferspiel'' in 2 parts 13. Feb. 1747 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater
* ''L'
Ercole sul Termodonte'' (libretto
Giacomo Francesco Bussani), dramma per musica 3 acts 19. July 1747 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater
* ''
Calandro
''Calandro'' is an ''opera buffa'' in three acts composed by Giovanni Alberto Ristori to a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino. The libretto was based on the comedy '' Il Calandro'' by Bernardo Dovizi (Cardinal Bibbiena). In turn, Dovizi's ...
'' (libretto
Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino), comedia per musica 3 acts (20. Jan. 1748 Dresden, Mingottisches Theater
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German Baroque composers
1720 births
1786 deaths
18th-century German composers
18th-century male musicians