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STEIBELT, DANIEL (c. 1764-1823)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 870 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SOU-STE
STEIBELT, DANIEL (c. 1764-1823) , German pianist and composer, was born at the earliest in 1764 or 1765 in Berlin. He was indebted to the crown prince Frederick William for his musical education. Very little is known of his artistic
life
  before 1790, when he settled in Paris and attained
great
  popularity as a virtuoso by means of a pianoforte
sonata
  called La Coquette, which he composed for Queen Marie Antoinette; his dramatic opera entitled Romeo et Juliette, produced at the Theatre Feydeau in 1793, was equally successful. In 1796 Steibelt removed to London, where his pianoforte-playing attracted
great
  attention. In 1798 he produced his concerto (No. 3, in E flat) containing the famous "
Storm
  Rondo "a
work
  that ensured his popularity. In the following year Steibelt started on a professional tour in Germany; and, after playing with some success in Hamburg, Dresden, Prague and Berlin, he arrived in May 1800 at Vienna, where he challenged Beethoven to a trial of skill. His discomfiture was complete and he retired to Paris. During the next eight years he lived alternately in that city and in London. In 18o8 he was invited by the emperor Alexander to St
Petersburg
 , succeeding Boieldieu as director of the royal opera in 1811. Here he resided in the enjoyment of a lucrative appointment until his death on the 20th of September 1823.
Besides his dramatic music, Steibelt left behind him an enormous number of compositions for the pianoforte. His playing, though brilliant, was wanting in the 'higher qualities which characterized that of his contemporaries, John Cramer and Muzio
Clementi
 ; but he was gifted with talents of a high order; and the reputation he enjoyed was fully deserved.


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