Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian composer, organist, and renowned music theorist of the Classical era, best known today as one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s principal composition teachers.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian person
composer
human
music theorist
organist
burialPlace St. Marx Cemetery, Vienna
composed fugues
masses
organ preludes
string quartets
symphonies
countryOfBirth Austria
countryOfCitizenship Austria
countryOfDeath Austria
dateOfBirth 1736-02-03
dateOfDeath 1809-03-07
employer St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna
era 18th century
early 19th century
genre chamber music
orchestral music
organ music
sacred music
influenced Ludwig van Beethoven
Viennese Classical style
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Classical era
nativeLanguage German
notableFor treatises on harmony and counterpoint
notableStudent Ignaz Moscheles
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Ludwig van Beethoven
notableWork Gründliche Anweisung zur Composition
occupation composer
music theorist
organist
placeOfActivity Győr
Melk Abbey
Vienna
placeOfBirth Klosterneuburg
placeOfDeath Vienna
positionHeld Kapellmeister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna
religion Roman Catholicism
studiedUnder Johann Baptist Weiss NERFINISHED
Leopold Pittner NERFINISHED
teacherOf Ignaz Moscheles
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ludwig van Beethoven
teacher

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