Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728, in Wendisch-Ossig, Saxony – 16 June 1804, in Leipzig) was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet Christian Felix Weiße.
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25 December 1728 Wendisch-Ossig (now Osiek Łużycki), Poland
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Died |
16 June 1804 (aged 75)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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