Anton Teyber
Anton Teyber ( born September 8, 1756 in Vienna, † November 18, 1822 ) was an Austrian composer, organist and pianist of Viennese Classicism.
Life and work
After initial training by the Father Matthew Teyber (1711-1785), which violinist at the imperial Court orchestra in Vienna was, he studied for nine years until 1775 in Bologna with Padre Martini. After that Teyber holds on in Rome, Naples, Genoa, Florence, Madrid and Lisbon, he accompanied his sister Elizabeth on a tour through Europe and worked in Vienna in 1783 at the musical evenings of Baron van Swieten with. The families Teyber and Mozart were friends.
On May 15, 1784 Anton Teyber 135th member of the Vienna Composers Societät. From 1787 he is first court organist at the Dresden court orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met him here when he traveled to Berlin in April 1789. On command Kaiser Leopold II, he acknowledged the service and came in Dresden on December 1, 1791 harpsichordist and Adjunct Salieri in the orchestra of the Vienna Court Opera. Since 1793 he lost his job by the reforms under Emperor Franz II, he wrote on February 8, 1793 a Bitt - petition to this and found employment on 1 March 1793 court composer. This position had remained vacant since Mozart's death, Teyber then, was the immediate successor of Mozart in this office. At the same time he taught the young members of the imperial family on the piano, so that his students who later became a friend of Beethoven, Archduke Rudolf, was one who bought from the entire musical legacy after death Teybers In 1822 the widow. Anton Teybers brother, Franz Teyber, was also a musician and composer.
In 1894 in Vienna Penzing ( 14th district ) was named the Teybergasse after the family of musicians Teyber.