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Austrian composer and publisher

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Anton Diabelli was born on 6 September 1781 in Mattsee and died on 7 April 1858 in Vienna, with burial following on 11 April 1858 at St. Marx Cemetery. A citizen of the Austrian Empire, he worked as a composer, pianist, music publisher and music arranger, playing piano and guitar, and working in the genre of opera. He spoke German, and has been described by sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Europeana records 17 works under his name, and Last.fm tags his output as Classical, piano, classical guitar and baroque.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1781
Died
1858
Works
19

Top works

  • Die Brücke bey Piemont
  • Sonatina for guitar and piano, op. 68
  • Serenade für Flöte und Gitarre, op. 99 =
  • Six écossaises =
  • Due fughe per chitarra

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Austria
Active from
1781
Active to
1858
to clean up

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,602
Total plays
22,057

Tags

Classicalpianoclassical guitarbaroquecomposer

Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 1781 – 8 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anton+Diabelli">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Anton
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austrian Empire
Place of birth
Mattsee
Place of death
Vienna
Languages spoken
German
Genre
opera
Instrument
guitar
Image
Diabelli by Kriehuber.jpg
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Commons category
Anton Diabelli
date of birth
1781-09-06
date of death
1858-04-08
place of burial
St. Marx Cemetery
name in native language
Anton Diabelli
P8168
Misery
date of burial or cremation
1858-04-11
Sources (11)

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Works in European collections

17 objects attributed to Anton Diabelli, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Anton Diabelli, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1841

Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 1781 – 8 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations.

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