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Maximilian Johann Karl Dominik Stadler, Abbé Stadler (4 August 1748, in
Melk
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– 8 November 1833, in
Vienna
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Austria
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n composer, musicologist and pianist.
In 1766 he entered the Benedictine Monastery in
Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey (german: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley. The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the ...
where he served as Benedictine monk, and then Prior from 1784 to 1786. In 1786, he was Abbot of the Monastery of
Lilienfeld
Lilienfeld () is a city in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey. It is also the site of a regional hospital Landesklinikum Voralpen Lilienfeld.
The city is located in the valle ...
, and from 1789 in
Kremsmünster
Kremsmünster is a town in Kirchdorf an der Krems District, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Settled in 777, it is home to the Kremsmünster Abbey.
The Abbey was founded 777 by Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria and is one of the oldest abbeys o ...
Monastery.
From 1791 he lived in
Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846.
In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
and from 1796 in Vienna, where he settled the estate of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
and was in charge of the Imperial Music Archive.
From 1803 he worked as a parish priest of
Großkrut
Großkrut is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the nor ...
in
Lower Austria
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until he retired in 1816 to Vienna to devote himself to music.
Stadler was among the most prominent personalities of Viennese musical life at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. He befriended Mozart,
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
,
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
and
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
and wrote numerous essays on Mozart. He also completed some of Mozart's unfinished works. He worked on an unfinished ''Materialen zur Geschichte der Musik unter den österreichischen Regenten'' (Materials on the History of Music under the Austrian Regency), regarded as the first history of music in Austria. Most of his works are in the
Austrian National Library
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and the
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (), also known as the Wiener Musikverein (German for 'Viennese Music Association'), is an Austrian music organization that was founded in 1812 by Joseph Sonnleithner, general secretary of the Court Theat ...
in Vienna.
During 1823 to 1824, he was one of the fifty composers who composed a variation on a waltz by
Anton Diabelli
Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ...
for ''
Vaterländischer Künstlerverein
''Vaterländischer Künstlerverein'' was a collaborative musical publication or anthology, incorporating 83 variations for piano on a theme by Anton Diabelli, written by 51 composers living in or associated with Austria. It was published in t ...
''.
Works
*Oratorium ''Die Befreyung von Jerusalem'' (The Deliverance of Jerusalem), 1813
*3 Cantatas
*Songs
*Church music, including two Requiems and numerous smaller church music
*Works for keyboard instruments
*Music theory and historical writings
References
Classical Composers Database– Classical music composers of all periods and countries, with biographies and work lists
MusicWeb International– CD reviews, composer articles, timelines, concert and book reviews
External links
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1748 births
1833 deaths
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18th-century Austrian male musicians
18th-century Austrian people
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People from Melk
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