(b. Sachsenflur, Mosbach district of Baden, Jan. 10, 1760 ; d. Stuttgart, Jan. 27, 1802). His father being a valet to Duke Carl of Wiirtemberg, ho was admitted into the Carlschule, a t ' The Solitude,' near S tuttgart, where he received a good general education, and formed a close friendship with Schiller, also a pupil there. He was originally intended for a sculptor, b u t the love of music proved too strong, and he studied first tho violoncello, and then composition with Poli, whom he succeeded in 1792 as Kapellmeister, and director of the Opera. His chief claim to a place in the history of music is th a t he was the pioneer of the ballad, a form afterwards carried to perfection by Reichardt, Zelter and, pre-eminently, Lowe. Zumsteeg's best, and in his day widest-known, ballads were-' Leonore,' ' Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhayn,' ' Kolma,' ' Die Biissende,' ' Ritte r Toggenburg,' ' Elwina ' and ' Die Entfuhrung.' Of his operas the following were frequently performed : ' Die Geisterinsel,' ' Das Pfauenfest ' and ' Ebondokani, the Calif of Bagdad.' ' Der Betrug aus Liebe,' ' Die Friihlingsfeier ' (an ode by Klopstock for recitative with orchestra) and ' Zalsor ' were other pieces of his, and many ballads and odes were published separately from the seven books of his ' Balladen und Lieder ' published by Breitkopf & Hartel. Other works deserving mention are-Choruses for Schiller's Rtiuber, 18 church cantatas, a concerto and duet for violoncello. 1 c . f . p ., addns.