Gustav Schreiber

Friedrich Gustav Schreiber was born on 5 August 1817 in Bienstädt (Germany). He studied in Erfurt under F. Kast and L. E. Gebhardt and completed his studies with a teacher training in Gotha. In 1840 Gustav Schreiber moved to Prague where he worked as an organ teacher at the national music institute. He returned to Erfurt in 1847 and became the music director of the city Mühlhausen in Thuringia in 1851 as well as cantor at the Divi Blasii church. He remained in Mühlhausen and became an important figure in the local music scene. Gustav Schreiber also taught at the local gymnasium and founded a "music club" in 1857. In the same year he was appointed royal music director and became organist at Divi Blasii in 1864 (a position that was previously held by Johann Sebastian Bach from 1707 to 1708).
Gustav Schreiber died on 14 July 1889 in Mühlhausen (Germany).

The work catalogue of Gustav Schreiber contains mainly sacred music like cantatas, oratorios, psalms, motets and choral music. Among his secular works are symphonies and some chamber music.

In my possession is the autograph full score and piano reduction of the work "In den Alpen" by Gustav Schreiber. The work is scored for orchestra and subtitled "ein Tongemälde" (a tone poem). The manuscript is not dated, therefore it is uncertain when the work was composed.