Steibelt, Daniel
(1765–1823)> COMPOSER
Steibelt, Daniel (22 October 1765, Berlin; 2 October 1823, Saint Petersburg), composer, showed such a precocious talent for music that Frederick II of Prussia arranged for him to take lessons on the harpsichord and in composition from Johann Philipp Kirnberger, a pupil of Bach and chapel master for Princess Amalie. Steibelt published four sonatas in 1788 and was heard in public concerts in Saxony and Hanover the following year. He arrived in Paris two years later and promptly caused trouble for…