Georg Abraham Schneider

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Georg Abraham Schneider (19 April 1770 – 19 January 1839) was a German musician and composer who specialized in the horn. He grew up in Darmstadt and learned music there, joining the court orchestra of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1787 and later playing for the Prussian royal court from 1795. Schneider focused on horn music, taking inspiration from Haydn and Mozart. He lived when the valve horn was invented, which let the horn play chromatically. Schneider wrote the first work for the valved horn, performed publicly in 1818, and he praised the new instrument for its full, even tone. In 1820 he became royal director of music and in 1825 the director of the Court Orchestra. He later taught at the Prussian Academy of the Arts. His daughter Maschinka married Dresden composer François Schubert, and their daughter Georgina Schubert became a singer and composer. Schneider died in Berlin in 1839.