Background
Schuster was born at Dresden, where he received his first musical training from his father, a court musician, and from Johann Georg Schürer.
Schuster was born at Dresden, where he received his first musical training from his father, a court musician, and from Johann Georg Schürer.
In 1776 he completed his first opera seria Didone abbandonata, after a libretto by Metastasio.
Thanks to a scholarship from the Saxon Prince-electors, he was able to study with Giovanni Battista Martini and counterpoint in Venice with G. Pera from 1765 to 1768. lieutenant was given at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and by all accounts a great success. In the same year, the opera seria Demofoonte premiered in Forlì.
In the following years, Schuster"s position was solidified with operatic successes in Naples and Venice.
Schuster"s work is also found in the string quartets appendix of the Köchel catalogue (Number 210 et seq,), and for a long time the "Milan Quartets" (1772-1773) were viewed as Mozart works. Schuster composed these works around 1780, which were long considered to be copies of Mozart originals.
The musicologist Ludwig Finscher was able to uncover the true origin (in The Music Research, 1966). He died at Dresden.