Joseph Hartmann Stuntz (born July 23, 1792 in Arlesheim near Basel, † June 18, 1859 in Munich ) was a Swiss composer , choir director and conductor .
Stuntz, who came to the Munich court orchestra in 1808, completed his musical training a. a. from 1813 to 1816 with Antonio Salieri in Vienna. From 1816 to 1818 he was conductor of the Italian opera in Munich, in 1824 he became director of the court opera and in 1825 first court conductor. He made a name for himself primarily as a composer of vocal music: in addition to operas, numerous songs and choirs, he wrote mainly church works and music for various festive occasions at the court.
In contrast to his popular songs at the time, his operas had only moderate success; some works were premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, such as La Rappresaglia (1819) and Elvira e Lucindo (1821). He also arranged Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito and performed it under the title Garibaldi, the Agilolfinger in 1824.
