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Joseph Weigl

1766 - 1846

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Joseph Weigl (28 March 1766 – 3 February 1846) was an Austrian composer and conductor, born in Eisenstadt, Hungary, Austrian Empire. The son of Joseph Franz Weigl (1740–1820), the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. He became Kapellmeister at the court theatre in Vienna in 1792, and from 1827 to 1838, was vice-Kapellmeister of the court. Weigl composed a number of operas, both Italian and German and in various genres, although most of his late works are pieces of sacred music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Weigl is the 763rd most popular composer (up from 772nd in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Austria (up from 610th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Weigl ranks 763 out of 1,451. Before him are Nicolas Isouard, Dave Grusin, Galina Ustvolskaya, Edison Denisov, Charles Tournemire, and Goffredo Petrassi. After him are Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Luigi Denza, Sigismondo d'India, Joseph Marx, Thomas Morley, and André Caplet.

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Among people born in 1766, Joseph Weigl ranks 27. Before him are Charles Macintosh, Samuel Frederick Gray, Robert Darwin, Alexander Wilson, Wilhelm Hisinger, and Joseph Franz von Jacquin. After him are Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, John Leslie, Samuel Wilson, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and Jacob Perkins. Among people deceased in 1846, Joseph Weigl ranks 16. Before him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Esaias Tegnér, Domenico Dragonetti, and Joseph Leopold Eybler. After him are Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Giuseppe Acerbi, Maria Severa Onofriana, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, and Alexander Chavchavadze.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph Weigl ranks 596 out of 1,424. Before him are Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Albert Apponyi (1846), Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria (1874), Maria Altmann (1916), and Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882). After him are Ingrid Haebler (1926), Theodor Innitzer (1875), Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917), Michael Mayr (1864), Karl Koller (1929), and Josef Kriehuber (1800).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Joseph Weigl ranks 45. Before him are Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), Hans Rott (1858), Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Emil von Reznicek (1860), and Ernest Gold (1921). After him are Joseph Marx (1882), Sigismund von Neukomm (1778), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Carl Millöcker (1842), Johann von Herbeck (1831), and Friedrich Cerha (1926).

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