Joseph Schubert (20 December 1754 – 28 July 1837) was a German composer, violinist, and violist.
[1] Schubert was born in Varnsdorf, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a musical family.
In 1778, he moved to Berlin to study the violin with Paul Kohn, director of the royal orchestra there.
In 1779, Schubert obtained a position as violinist in the court of Heinrich Friedrich, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
The Saxon State Library in Dresden holds the manuscripts of three viola concertos attributed to him.