Franz Teyber was an Austrian Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying at Wagenseil

Wagenseil

Wagenseil is a surname that may refer to: , German writer* Georg Christoph Wagenseil , 18th-century Austrian composer...

, from 1786 he was director of the Schikaneder theatre company and from 1801 a composer and musical director of the Theater an der Wien

Theater an der Wien

The Theater an der Wien is a historic theatre on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. Completed in 1801, it has seen the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music...

. His sisters Elisabeth and Therese were opera singers, and his brother Anton

Anton Teyber

Anton Teyber , was an Austrian organist, Kapellmeister and composer.Anton Teyber was born and died in Vienna. His brother was Franz Teyber. He taught the children of the Holy Roman Emperor before working as a composer to the Dresden opera and Vienna court. He is notable for his two 'Concertos for...

 worked as a composer to (among others) the Dresden opera and Vienna court.

His niece was Elena Teyber

Elena Asachi

Elena Asachi, née Teyber, was a Romanian pianist, singer and composer of Austrian birth. She was the daughter of Austrian composer Anton Teyber and niece of concertmaster Franz 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

Gheorghe Asachi

Gheorghe Asachi was a Moldavian-born Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and polyglot, he was one of the most influential people of his generation...

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