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Joseph Leopold Eybler
Person · male · Schwechat · born 1765 · died 1846 · recording since 1994
Austrian composer
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Also known as Joseph Eybler · Joseph Leopold von Eybler · Joseph von Eybler · 艾布勒
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1760s
1840s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Requiem
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography407 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1345730758
Biography
Joseph Leopold Eybler (8 February 1765 – 24 July 1846) was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Life
Eybler was born into a musical family in Schwechat near Vienna.
His father was a teacher, choir director and friend of the Haydn family. Joseph Eybler studied music with his father before attending Stephansdom (the cathedral school of St. Stephen's Boys College) in Vienna. He studied composition under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, who declared him to be the greatest musical genius in Vienna apart from Mozart. He also received praise from Haydn who was his friend, distant cousin and patron.
In 1792 he became choir director at the Karmeliterkirche (Carmelite Church) in Vienna. Two years later he moved to the Schottenkloster, where he remained for the next thirty years (1794–1824). Eybler also held court posts, including that of court Kapellmeister (chapel master) (1824–33). The Empress Marie Therese commissioned many works from him, including the Requiem in C minor (1803).
Friendship with Mozart
Through Joseph Haydn, Eybler met Mozart, who gave him some lessons and entrusted him with the rehearsal of his opera Così fan tutte. Eybler also conducted some performances of Così fan tutte.
On May 30, 1790, Mozart wrote a testimonial for the young Eybler: "I, the undersigned, attest herewith that I have found the bearer of this, Herr Joseph Eybler, to be a worthy pupil of his famous master Albrechtsberger, a well-grounded composer, equally skilled at chamber music and the church style, fully experienced in the art of the song, also an accomplished organ and clavier player; in short a young musician such, one can only regret, as so seldom has his equal."
Mozart and Eybler remained friends to the end. As Eybler wrote: "I had the good fortune to keep his friendship without reservation until he died, and carried him, put him to bed and helped to nurse him during his last painful illness."
After Mozart's death, Constanze Mozart asked Eybler to complete her husband's Requiem. Eybler tried but could not complete the commission perhaps, it is thought, because of his great respect for the music of his friend Mozart. (Franz Xaver Süßmayr completed the task).
Last years
In 1833 Eybler had a stroke while conducting Mozart's Requiem and thereafter could not fulfill his duties at the Court. For his service to the Court, Eybler was raised to the nobility in 1835 and was known henceforth as Joseph Leopold, Edler von Eybler. He died in Vienna on 24 July 1846.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -148 | 4.2th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 51:53
1Requiem in C minor: I. 1. Introitus und 2. Kyrie7:272Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 1. Dies irae3:143Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 2. Mors stupebit1:264Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 3. Liber scriptus3:115Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 4. Recordare4:426Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 5. Confutatis0:417Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 6. Voca me1:328Requiem in C minor: II. Sequenz: 7. Lacrymosa2:099Requiem in C minor: III. Offertorium: 1. Domine5:5310Requiem in C minor: III. Offertorium: 2. Hostias4:2811Requiem in C minor: IV. Sanctus1:2312Requiem in C minor: V. Benedictus4:2913Requiem in C minor: VI. Agnus Dei und Communio: 1. Agnus Dei und Lux aeterna3:5214Requiem in C minor: VI. Agnus Dei und Communio: 2. Cum sanctis2:5015Requiem in C minor: VI. Agnus Dei und Communio: 3. Requiem1:3616Requiem in C minor: VI. Agnus Dei und Communio: 4. Cum sanctis3:00Musik am Wiener Stephansdom: Exsultate, jubilate
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 51:21
1P. P. Gänsbacher (= P. Planyavsky): Ecce Sacerdos3:482Vesper (25. Dezember): Dixit2:573Vesper (25. Dezember): Confitebor4:334Vesper (25. Dezember): Beatus vir4:215Vesper (25. Dezember): De profundis2:446Vesper (25. Dezember): Memento3:557Vesper (25. Dezember): Magnificat3:438Exsultate, jubilate: Exsultate, jubilate4:439Exsultate, jubilate: Fulget amica dies0:5110Exsultate, jubilate: Tu virginum5:4411Exsultate, jubilate: Alleluja2:4412Ave Verum2:4413Omnes de Saba venient (Graduale Zum Fest Der Heiligen Drei Könige)3:3814Viderunt omnes fines terrae (Graduale für das Weihnachtsfest)2:3815Sederunt principes (Graduale für das Fest des Hl. Stephan)2:182004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:47
1Sympnony no. 1 in C minor: I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso6:562Sympnony no. 1 in C minor: II. Andante9:003Sympnony no. 1 in C minor: III. Menuetto3:204Sympnony no. 1 in C minor: IV. Finale. Allegro assai4:205Sympnony no. 2 in D minor: I. Maestoso - Allegro7:366Sympnony no. 2 in D minor: II. Menuetto. Allegretto2:257Sympnony no. 2 in D minor: III. Andante7:148Sympnony no. 2 in D minor: IV. Menuetto. Maestoso3:109Sympnony no. 2 in D minor: V. Finale. Allegro6:4210Overture7:042005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:47:53
Disc 11Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Ouvertüre6:202Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Groß ist der Herr5:093Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Am Ziele schweben die erschaffnen Dinge1:584Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Wie schrecklich ist die Todesstunde3:555Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Doch sanfter lösen sich die Bande2:036Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: O wohl dem Frommen3:557Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Jehovas Donner rollt1:138Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: O Vater, Quell der Güte3:189Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Jehova naht!4:5010Die vier letzten Dinge, Act I: Wie groß ist deine Macht2:4011Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Sinfonia. Largo3:5912Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Es herrschet noch des Todes Stille6:4913Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Wer ruft uns1:2714Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Es nahet sich das unglücksel'ge Paar0:3815Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: O Gott der Güte5:4316Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Schon schweben sie verklärt0:3617Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: O seht ihr sie, die Auferwachten!6:0618Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Jehova, sieh in deiner Milde5:0419Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: Der Donner spaltet1:2520Die vier letzten Dinge, Act II: O schreckliches Geschick5:22Disc 21Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Sinfonia. Allegro2:472Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Ihr Glücklichen, euch hat der Herr verziehn4:043Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: O Heil euch, Heil, ihr sollt ihn sehen2:284Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Herr! Unaussprechlich ist das Glück!1:435Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Herr, laß dir den Dank gefallen4:026Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Sein Vaterarm hält mich umschlossen0:587Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Jehova, groß ist deine Macht!2:178Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Wie groß, o Herr, ist deine Güte11:199Die vier letzten Dinge, Act III: Finale. Es tön' in ewgen Jubeltönen5:45String Quartets, op. 1 no. 1-3
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:10:15
1Quartet in C minor, op. 1 no. 2: Allegro8:332Quartet in C minor, op. 1 no. 2: Adagio non molto4:423Quartet in C minor, op. 1 no. 2: Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio3:024Quartet in C minor, op. 1 no. 2: Finale. Allegro6:115Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 1: Adagio non molto - Allegro moderato8:336Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 1: Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio3:067Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 1: Adagio cantabile5:418Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 1: Thema con variationi - Moderato6:539Quartet in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: Allegro4:3210Quartet in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: Adagio8:0811Quartet in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: Menuetto - Trio3:2612Quartet in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: Finale. Vivace7:28
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Joseph Leopold Eybler head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -148 | 4.2th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Eyblerbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q697194 · MusicBrainz: c7d58c3e-7c1d-470d-a54e-6c01a732d484
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