Augustin Lanner (23 January 1835 in

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– 27 September 1855 in Vienna), sometimes known as August Lanner, was an

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n composer, the son of the better-known

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. He was first educated at the St. Anna-Schule but received no music instruction at that time. His earliest music education was first provided by the k.k Kapellmeister Josef Strebinger in

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and later took instructions in

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with the Viennese composer

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and also Professor

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. Among his first efforts at musical composition is a

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which did not survive obscurity. After his father's death in 1843, August conducted his father's orchestra when he was only 8 years old at the 'Bräuhausgarten in Fünfhaus' in front of some 2,000 visitors. Making his debut in 1853, he was destined to live only until he was 20 after suffering from a lung illness. In August Lanner's short-lived career, he composed some 30 dance pieces.

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A complete list of Augustin Lanner's compositions
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