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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
12+ albums
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) was an Austrian music theorist, organist, and composer. Born in Klosterneuburg on the 3rd February 1736, he originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna, and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age. Albrechtsberger's earliest classmates included Michael Haydn and Franz Joseph Aumann. After being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he was appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey. In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna, and in 1792 Kapellmeister of St Stephen's Cathedral. His fame as a theorist attracted to him in the Austrian capital a large number of pupils, some of whom afterwards became eminent musicians. Among these were Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Ignaz Moscheles, Josef Weigl, Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson, Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. Beethoven had arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study with Joseph Haydn but quickly became infuriated when his work was not being given attention or corrected. Haydn recommended his friend Albrechtsberger, with whom Beethoven then studied harmony and counterpoint. His published compositions consist of preludes, fugues, and sonatas for the piano and organ, string quartets, etc., but the greater proportion of his works, vocal and instrumental, exist only in manuscript, held in the library of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfre
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Concerto for Jew's Harp, Mandora & Orchestra in E Major: I. Tempo moderato
2812Allegro Moderato
2733Trombone Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro moderato
1724Tempo Moderato
1025Harp Concerto: II. Adagio
1026Trombone Concerto in B-Flat Major: II. Andante
1007Adagio
878Allegro moderato aus dem Harfenkonzert C-Dur
859Concerto for Jew's Harp, Mandora & Orchestra in E Major: II. Adagio
8210Concerto for Jew's Harp, Mandora & Orchestra in F Major: I. Allegro moderato
78albums
Albrechtsberger: Concertos for Jew's Harp, Mandora & Orchestra
Concertos For Jew's Harp, Mandora And Orchestra
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Classical Trombone Concertos
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Trombone Concertos
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The 99 Most Essential Guitar Masterpieces
Albrechtsberger: Music for Entertainment with Flute
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Sackbutt
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Haydn / Albrechtsberger, J.G. / Albrechtsberger, A.: Duets and Trios for Strings
Albrechtsberger: String Quartets Nos. 4, 5 and 6
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J. G. Albrechtsberger, J. M. Sperger: String Trios
Albrechtsberger: Partita in C Major, Harp Concerto & Concertino a 5 in E-Flat Major
Albrechtsberger, J.G.: Harp Concerto in C Major / Partita in F Major / Wagenseil, G.C.: Harp Concerto in G Major