Müller, Wenzel 09/26/1767 - 08/03/1835

from: Metzler's Great Music Encyclopedia 4.0
MÜLLER, Wenceslas, *9/26/1767 Türnau (Moravia), †8/3/1835 Baden bei Wien; Austrian composer. He was a pupil of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf becoming a violinist in 1782 and Kapellmeister at the theater in Brno in 1785. In 1786 he became Kapellmeister and composer at the ''Leopoldstädter Theater in Vienna'', was opera director in Prague 1807-13 and then returned to the Leopoldstädter Theater for which he wrote about 250 enchanted operas, singing plays, ballets and singing interludes to ''Possen''. Müller's works personify the ''Wiener Singspiel'' at the time of its greatest popularity. The popularity of many of his melodies is also reflected in their use as variation themes; Ludwig v. Beethoven wrote about the song ''Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu'' from Müller's ''Die Schwestern von Prag his Variations for Piano Trio op.121a''. - Müllers daughter Therese Grünbaum, *8/24/1791 Vienna, †1/30/.1876 Berlin, was a respected singer (dramatic soprano). She accompanied her father to Prague and was during 1818-28 Primadonna of the ''Vienna Court Opera''.

Note: Translated from ''Metzlers Großes Musiklexikon 4.0'' into English