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JOHANN SAMUEL SCHRÖTER (1752 - 1788)
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Johann Samuel Schröter was born around 1752 probably in Guben. Both Johann
and his sister Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine (1751-1802) were pupils of Hiller in Leipzig.
He settled in London, where Count Brühl was his patron. Here he befriended
Johann Christian Bach and became a popular teacher. When Bach died in 1782, Johann became music master
to Queen Charlotte and later he held an appointment to the Prince of Wales.
The Schröter family was a family of musicians. Johann's wife Rebecca was
a pupil of F.J. Haydn. The sisters Corona Elisabeth and Marie Henriette were both singers and his
brother Heinrich was a violinist. In the early 1770s all four children toured with their father,
Johann Friedrich (1724-1811), who was later an oboist and teacher at Hanau.
Schröter died in London on November 2nd 1788.
He wrote mostly accompanied keyboard sonatas and keyboard concertos.
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