Franz Teyber


Franz Teyber was an Austrian Kapellmeister, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying under Georg [Christoph Wagenseil], from 1786 he was director of the Schikaneder theatre company and from 1801 a composer and musical director of the Theater an [der Wien]. His sisters Elisabeth and Therese were opera singers, and his brother Anton worked as a composer to the Dresden opera and Vienna court.
His niece was Elena Teyber who was born in Vienna and became a professor at Iaşi Conservatory where she was known as a pianist and composer from 1827 to 1863. She married Gheorghe Asachi.