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Grove Music Online
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[extrait de:] Herbert C. TURRENTINE: 'Schobert, Johann', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 16 June 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Schobert, Johann [Jean]
(b ?Silesia, c1735; d Paris, 28 Aug 1767). Silesian harpsichordist and composer.
Nothing definite is known of his life until his appearance in Paris in 1760 or 1761 and his employment in the service of the Prince of Conti. For several years thereafter he published instrumental music which was engraved at his own expense (and probably in his own home) and distributed to the various Parisian dealers – an arrangement no doubt made possible by his position with the Prince de Conti, which shielded him from the exploitation of publishers. Soon after his arrival in Paris Schobert married a Frenchwoman by whom he had at least two children. In 1765 he made a single, and thoroughly unsuccessful, venture into opéra comique, with La garde-chasse et le braconnier (he had earlier contributed to a pasticcio). The only remaining information concerning his life is Baron Grimm’s account of his gruesome death, along with his wife and one child, as a result of eating poisonous mushrooms.
Schobert greatly influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who admired his music warmly. […]"
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