Josef Dessauer was a Czech

Czech Republic

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-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.

Life

Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish family, and studied piano in Prague with Friedrich Dionys Weber and composition with Wenzel Johann Tomaschek. Dessauer began as a song composer, but later began composing operas, of which very few were performed.

In 1821 he settled in Vienna, from which he made many European tours.

Operas

• Lidwinna (1836)
• Ein Besuch in Saint-Cyr (1838)
• Paquita (1851)
• Domingo (1860)
• Oberon (which was never performed)

Songs

• "Verschwiegenheit"
• "Das Gebet"
• "Wie Glücklich"
• "Am Strande"
• "Ich Denke Dein"
• "Das Zerbrochene Ringlein"