Joseph Schuster (composer)

Schuster was born in Dresden, where he received his first musical training from his father, a court musician, and from Johann Georg Schürer.

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.

Schuster's work is also found in the string quartets appendix of the Köchel catalogue (No.

210 et seq,), and for a long time the "Milan Quartets" (1772–73) were viewed as Mozart works.

Schuster composed these works around 1780, which were long considered to be copies of Mozart originals.