!!!Diabelli, Antonio

Diabelli, Antonio, b. Mattsee (Salzburg), Sept. 6, 1781, 
d. Vienna, April 7, 1858. Composer and music publisher in Vienna, 
pupil of Michael  Haydn in Salzburg; in 1818 founded a music 
publishing house with P. Cappi; in 1824 founded his own company 
(publishing works by Beethoven and others, as well as D.'s own 
compositions; was also Schubert's main publisher) which soon became a 
centre of the Vienna music scene; in 1851 sold the publishing house. 
D.'s compositions are related to the prevailing tastes of the era; 
only one piece has survived: a waltz which Beethoven used as the basis 
for his 33 "D. Variations" (op. 120).

!Works
Approx. 200 compositions: singspiele, piano sonatas and 
sonatinas, pastoral mass.

!Literature
L. Kanter, Leben und Kirchenkompositionen von A. D., 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1957.


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