In 1751 he was a violinist at the court orchestra in
Stuttgart. There he studied with
Niccolo Jommelli. Later he became assistant to the ballet master
Jean Georges Noverre and composed operas and ballets. In 1769 he was appointed Concertmaster and Hofcompositeur. In 1771 he moved to Vienna. Deller died in 1773 in the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy in Munich.
His compositional output consists mostly of operas, ballet music, sonatas and minuets. He enjoyed in his lifetime a high reputation as a composer. His works have been greatly appreciated, by, among others
Mozart and
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. Many of his works are considered lost.
Works
Operas
Il tamburo notturno, 1765
Le Contese per amore, 1770
Il Maestro di Capella, 1771
La contadina nelle corte
5 other Comic Operas
Ballets
Admète et Alceste (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1761
La mort d'Hercule (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1762
Orfée et Euridice (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763
Der Sieg des Neptun (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1763
Apollon et Daphne (Lauchery), Kassel, 1764
Ballo di Alessandro (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1765
Pan et Syrinx (Lauchery), Kassel, 1766
Le feste d'Imeneo (Noverre), Stuttgart, 1766
Enée et Lavinie (Noverre), Stuttgart 1761-1766
Pigmalion ou La statuë animée (Lauchery), Kassel, 1767