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Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (September 6, 1781-April 7, 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.
Diabelli was born in Mattsee near Salzburg. He was trained to enter the priesthood, but also took music lessons with Michael Haydn. He moved to Vienna to teach the piano and guitar before becoming partners with Pietro Cappi in 1818 and setting up a music publishing firm with him.
The firm, Cappi & Diabelli (which became Diabelli & Co. in 1824) became well known by arranging popular pieces so they could be played by amateurs at home. The firm became well known in more serious music circles by becoming the first to publish works by Franz Schubert, a composer the firm later championed.
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Anton Diabelli - Wikipedia article with biography, including special emphasis on the Variations and internal references to related people and topics.
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Antonio Diabelli - Find A Grave biographical sketch with portrait and photographs of his tombstone plus interactive memorial.
Classical Music Archives: Diabelli - Music files offered in MIDI format.
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Diabelli, Anton - Biography noting his lasting legacy of the variations various composers wrote upon a theme and his impact as a music publisher from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
Diabelli, Anton (1781 - 1858), Austria - Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays.
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