Anton Eberl (1765-1807)
- Sinfonia in d-moll, Op.34 (1804), IAE 17
Performers: WDR Sinfonieorchester; Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Further info: Anton Eberl (1765-1807) - Piano Concerto, Op. 32
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Austrian pianist and composer. He displayed great musical talent at an
early age and gave private piano recitals in Vienna at the age of eight.
Early composition and keyboard lessons were taken with Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Although Eberl intended to study law at the University of
Vienna, family bankruptcy in 1785 forced him to teach piano. In 1795 he
accompanied both Mozart’s widow and sister-in-law Aloysia Lange on a
concert tour to Germany, from which he accepted a post at St. Petersburg
the following year. He returned to Vienna in 1803 at the height of his
popularity as a composer of Singspiels but died of blood poisoning
shortly thereafter. The Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung remarked that
the early death of an artist had seldom been so generally regretted as
his was. Although Eberl was highly regarded as a theatre composer most
of his stage works are lost. His music reflects the late Viennese style
of his teacher and other composers such as Antonio Salieri, being well
crafted and tuneful. Works include eight Singspiels (all lost), two
cantatas, a chamber serenata, five symphonies, four fortepiano
concertos, a sextet, two quintets, five quartets, nine trios, seven
violin sonatas, two duos, nine keyboard sonatas, and numerous smaller
pieces for the fortepiano.
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