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Omnes De Saba Venient by Joseph Eybler

Artist Biography For Joseph Eybler

Joseph Leopold Eybler Born February 8 1765 In Schwechat Near Vienna And Died July 24 1846 In Vienna Was An Austrian Composer Known Today Perhaps More For His Friendship With Mozart Than For His Own Music. Eybler Was Born Into A Musical Family. His Father Was A Teacher Choir Director And Friend Of The Haydn Family. Joseph Eybler Studied Music With His Father Before Attending Stephansdom The Cathedral School Of St. Stephen's Boys College In Vienna. He Studied Composition Under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Who Declared Him To Be The Greatest Musical Genius In Vienna Apart From Mozart. He Also Received Praise From Haydn Who Was His Friend Distant Cousin And Patron.
In 1792 He Became Choir Director At The Karmeliterkirche Carmelite Church In Vienna. Two Years Later He Moved To The Schottenkloster Where He Remained For The Next Thirty Years 1794-1824 . Eybler Also Held Court Posts Including That Of Court Kapellmeister Chapel Master 1824-33 . The Empress Marie Therese Commissioned Many Works From Him Including The Requiem In C Minor 1803 . Through Joseph Haydn Eybler Met Mozart Who Gave Him Some Lessons And Entrusted Him With The Rehearsal Of His Opera Così Fan Tutte. Eybler Also Conducted Some Performances Of Così Fan Tutte.
On May 30 1790 Mozart Wrote A Testimonial For The Young Eybler "I The Undersigned Attest Herewith That I Have Found The Bearer Of This Herr Joseph Eybler To Be A Worthy Pupil Of His Famous Master Albrechtsberger A Well-Grounded Composer Equally Skilled At Chamber Music And The Church Style Fully Experienced In The Art Of The Song Also An Accomplished Organ And Clavier Player In Short A Young Musician Such One Can Only Regret As So Seldom Has His Equal."
Mozart And Eybler Remained Friends To The End. As Eybler Wrote "I Had The Good Fortune To Keep His Friendship Without Reservation Until He Died And Carried Him Put Him To Bed And Helped To Nurse Him During His Last Painful Illness."
After Mozart's Death Constanze Mozart Asked Eybler To Complete Her Husband's Requiem. Eybler Tried But Could Not Complete The Commission Perhaps It Is Thought Because Of His Great Respect For The Music Of His Friend Mozart. Franz Xaver Süßmayr Completed The Task .

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