Johann Adam Hiller

German composer and conductor

Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728 – 16 June 1804) was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet Christian Felix Weiße.

Hiller was a teacher who encouraged musical education for women, his pupils including Elisabeth Mara and Corona Schröter. He was Kapellmeister of Abel Seyler's theatrical company, and became the first Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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Works

Alles Fleisch ist wie Gras
Der Aerndtekranz
Der Friede Gottes
Die Jagd
Die Jagd: Ouvertüre
Er kommt, der starke Held
Er lebt, der unbezwungne Held!
Ruh, müder Leib