August Labitzky (22 October 1832, Petschau – 29 August 1903, Bad Reichenhall) was a Bohemian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

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kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

, and the son of Joseph Labitzky. Although Labitzky was not as prolific a composer as his father, his ''Ouverture Characteristique'' has been occasionally recorded. Written in 1858, it depicts Emperor Charles IV while out hunting. Labitzky also wrote ''At the Mountain Inn, Idyl'' around April 1874.'' Enciclopèdia Espasa'', Volume 29, p. 33 ()

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