Kreutzer

(kroit'-zer), Conradin, compr. b. Me kirch, Baden, Nov. 22, 1780; d. Riga, Dec. 14, 1849. Studied with Rieger and Weihrauch; medical student 1799-1800; after production of 1st opera at Freiburg, spent 5 years in Switzerland as pst. and singer; 1804-1811 at Vienna, 2 yrs. KROGMANN pupil of Albrechtsberger; cajpellmeister Stuttgart 1812; to Prince von Furs ten berg 1817-1822, at Leipzig theatres intermittently 1825-40, at City Th. Cologne 1840-46; thereafter in Vienna Of his 30 operas only Das NachUager m Granada Der Verschwender, Jery und BaJteLy have survived; of other works some choruses are noteworthy {Die Kapette etc.).