Philipp Christoph Kayser (10 March 1755 – 24 December 1823) was a German pianist, composer, orchestra musician, music teacher and poet.
Already at grammar school, Kayser became friends with Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, who was three years older and later became the most successful playwright of the Sturm und Drang movement.
After receiving the score, Goethe wrote to Fritz Jacobi in Düsseldorf: "With this opera a composer will emerge, the likes of whom not many people form in silence".
"It was difficult to become friends with Kayser, for his earlier seriousness increased to the point of darkness," wrote Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, who had come to Zurich to continue his musical studies.
Thuringia, in an arrangement by the conductor Hermann Dechant tailored to the needs of the small orchestra (director: Bisser Schinew [de], production designer: Hank Irwin Kittel).
[4] On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birthday, the Zentralbibliothek Zürich honoured Philipp Christoph Kayser with an exhibition, which was also shown at the Goethe-Museum in Düsseldorf.