Joseph Weigl (28 March 1766 – 3 February 1846) was an

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. The son of Joseph Franz Weigl (1740–1820), the principal

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family, he studied music under

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in 1792, and from 1827 to 1838, was vice-Kapellmeister of the court. Weigl composed a number of

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s, both Italian and German and in various genres, although most of his late works are pieces of sacred music. His best known work was the opera '' Die Schweizerfamilie'' (1809). He also set

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'' (1805), after his close friend

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had composed a single scene and then abandoned it. Weigl died in Vienna in 1846. His younger brother Thaddäus Weigl was a composer and music publisher.

Operas

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in one act, (1783) * '' Il pazzo per forza'', opera in two acts (1788) * ''

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in three acts (1790) * ''

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'', play with songs in eight scenes (1794) * ''

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dramma giocoso ''Dramma giocoso'' (Italian, literally: drama with jokes; plural: ''drammi giocosi'') is a genre of opera common in the mid-18th century. The term is a contraction of ''dramma giocoso per musica'' and describes the opera's libretto (text). The g ...

in two acts (1794) * '' I solitari'',

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in three acts (1797) * '' L'amor marinaro ossia Il corsaro'',

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1806) * '' Kaiser Hadrian'', grosse Oper in three acts (1807) * '' Adrian von Ostade'', opera in one act (1807) * ''Cleopatra'', opera in two acts (

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1807) * '' Il rivale di se stesso'', opera in two acts (Milan 1808) * '' Das Waisenhaus'',

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in two acts (1808) * ''

Die Schweizer Familie ''Die Schweizer Familie'' (''The Swiss Family'') is an opera by the Austrian composer Joseph Weigl. It takes the form of a ''Singspiel'' in three acts. The libretto, by Ignaz Franz Castelli, is based on the vaudeville ''Pauvre Jacques'' (1807) ...

'', lyrische Oper in three acts (1809) * '' Der Einsiedler auf den Alpen'', opera in one act (1810) * '' Die Verwandlungen'',

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in one act (1810) * ''

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'', grosse Oper in two acts (1823)

External links

"Weigl, Joseph" on Operone.de

L'amor marinaro

Der Bergsturz
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