Johann Friedrich Schubert

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Johann Friedrich Schubert (17 December 1769 – 13 October 1811) was a German composer and violinist. He was born in Rudolstadt and trained as an apprentice to Christian Hieronimus Krause in Sondershausen. After his opera Die nächtliche Erscheinung premiered, he became a music director. He worked as music director for theater companies in Stettin, Glogau, Ballenstedt and other places, and he directed the concerts of the Cologne Merchant Society in Mülheim. His published works include a violin concerto, a concertante for oboe and bassoon, violin duets, and piano pieces. He also wrote an opera in Stettin and published a music instruction book in 1804 called Neue Singe-Schule oder gründliche und vollständige Anweisung zur Singkunst. He moved to Mülheim as a music director and teacher and stayed there until his death.