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2 unusual facts about Johann Adam Hiller


Blaise le savetier

A German adaptation called Der Dorfbarbier with text by C. F. Weisse and music by Johann Adam Hiller was first produced in Leipzig in 1771.

Corona Schröter

It was there that she caught the attention of composer Johann Adam Hiller (it is thought that Hiller's wife was Corona's godmother).


Daniel Gottlob Türk

Born in Claußnitz, Saxony, Türk studied organ under his father and later under Johann Adam Hiller.

Gertrud Elisabeth Mara

She was helped by influential friends, and studied under Johann Adam Hiller in Leipzig for five years, alongside Corona Schröter, proving to be endowed with a wonderful soprano voice.


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