Franz Teyber (bapt. 25 August 1758,

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died 21 October 1810, Wien-Josefstadt, today 8. Bezirk) was an Austrian

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, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying under Georg Christoph Wagenseil, from 1786 he was director of the Schikaneder theatre company and from 1801 a composer and musical director of the Theater an der Wien. His sisters Elisabeth and Therese were opera singers, and his brother Anton worked as a composer to (among others) the Dresden opera and Vienna court.Teyber, Franz on operone.de
/ref> His niece was Elena Teyber who was born in Vienna and became a professor at Iaşi Conservatory where she was known as a pianist and composer from 1827 to 1863. She married Gheorghe Asachi.

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* * 1758 births 1810 deaths Austrian male composers Pupils of Georg Christoph Wagenseil 18th-century Austrian composers {{Austria-composer-stub