Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg: His Short Biography and Aesthetic Representation of His Works

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At his funeral, his mourning cantata was performed, which he had composed shortly before his death upon the passing of Count Zeppelin.

What Germany might still have expected from this talented musician is testified to by his musical works, which for the most part have appeared in print, through which he earned an honorable name throughout all of Germany.

Various ballads and romances set masterfully by him, songs and vocal pieces by Bürger, Goethe, Schiller, Hölty, Matthisson, and others; his Kolma a character from Ossian based on Goethe’s Werther; Hagar's Lament in the Desert of Beersheba; Klopstock’s Spring Celebration; many church pieces; and his two newest operas—The Spirit Island and The Peacock Festival—are the most excellent among these works.

Had he succeeded in finding an opera librettist worthy of him and sufficiently familiar with the taste of the time, he would have long since penetrated all the theaters of Germany.

The last thing he worked on with full love—his swan song—on the day