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Anton Diabelli

1781 - 1858

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Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 1781 – 8 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 his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Diabelli is the 175th most popular musician (down from 173rd in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Austria (up from 217th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Musician.

Anton Diabelli is most famous for publishing a set of waltzes in 1819.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Anton Diabelli ranks 175 out of 3,175. Before him are Lenny Kravitz, Ravi Shankar, Duff McKagan, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Amy Winehouse, and Bill Evans. After him are Gene Simmons, Ray Manzarek, Herbie Hancock, Chris Slade, Andrés Segovia, and Malcolm Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Anton Diabelli ranks 13. Before him are René Laennec, Adelbert von Chamisso, David Brewster, Stamford Raffles, William I of Württemberg, and Achim von Arnim. After him are Frederica of Baden, Joseph Karl Stieler, Mauro Giuliani, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, William Wyatt Bibb, and Johann Baptist von Spix. Among people deceased in 1858, Anton Diabelli ranks 12. Before him are Hiroshige, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, and Matthew C. Perry. After him are Aimé Bonpland, Dred Scott, Joseph Karl Stieler, Ary Scheffer, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, and Nimatullah Kassab.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Diabelli ranks 213 out of 1,424. Before him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Wilhelm Miklas (1872), Falco (1957), Otto Neurath (1882), Jörg Haider (1950), and Maria Antonia of Austria (1669). After him are Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), and Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Anton Diabelli ranks 7. Before him are Franz Liszt (1811), Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Baroness Mary Vetsera (1871), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), and Joseph Joachim (1831). After him are Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), and Willi Boskovsky (1909).

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