Hieronymus Payer


Hieronymus Prayer was an Austrian composer and
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Life and career

Hieronymus Payer was the son of a teacher. As a 10-year-old he earned his living as a backup musician and was then hired as an assistant teacher of his father's. In 1806 he became a conductor in the so-called Meidlinger Summer Theatre, for which he even wrote some small Singspiels. Later he moved to the Innere Stadt of Vienna and performed in the Redoutensaal and Theater an der Wien successfully. He was active as a teacher, including of Leopoldine Blahetka.
Payer introduced in 1821 in Vienna for the first time the Physharmonica in a public concert. Three years later he became a conductor in Amsterdam and in 1825, in Paris. In 1832 he returned to Vienna as conductor for a short time in the Theater in der Josefstadt. As a pianist he had been compared by his contemporaries with Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Ignaz Moscheles and Ferdinand Ries.

Works (selection)

6 masses and other sacred works, 10 operas and operettas, including;Der wilde Jäger, Meidling 1806 or 26. July 1807L’arbre creux, Meidling 1808Der hohle Baum, Meidling 1810Die musikalische Akademie, 1825Die Trauer, 1825Hochlands Fürsten, 1825, has also appeared Johann NestroyLa croix de feu, 1830
; Instrumental music