Period: Romantic
Born: Wednesday, September 5, 1781 in Mattsee,
Austria
Died: Thursday, April 8, 1858 in Vienna, Austria
Nation of Origin: Austria
Major Works:
Other Information:
Diabelli formed a publishing company in 1824 and published works by
Beethoven, Schubert, and Czerny. A theme from a waltz by Diabelli
was used by Beethoven as the basis of his "Diabelli
Variations".
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton
(Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive
Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN:
0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton
& Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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