Classical · Austrian

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

1736 to 1809

Viennese Classical

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Portrait of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, portrait peint par Leopold Kupelwieser
Image: Leopold Kupelwieser, Wikimedia Commons, domaine public

Born in Klosterneuburg and trained at Melk Abbey, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was organist at Raab (Győr) in 1755, at Maria Taferl in 1757 and then at Melk, before being appointed court organist in Vienna in 1772 and Kapellmeister of St Stephen’s Cathedral in 1792 or 1793, depending on the source. A renowned contrapuntist and theorist and a friend of Haydn and Mozart, he taught counterpoint to Beethoven.

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