About Franz Xaver Gebel
Lived 1787 – 1843 (aged 55–56). Franz Xaver Gebel was a German composer, pianist, music educator, conductor and teacher.
Franz Xaver Gebel (1787 – 3 May 1843) was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor.
Gebel was born in Fürstenau, near Breslau, Silesia. He studied under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Abbé Vogler, and became Kapellmeister at Leopoldstadt in Vienna in 1810, then worked at a succession of theatres in Pest and Lemberg.
He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would remain until his death in 1843. and organizing string quartet performances from 1829 to 1835.
He wrote operas, a mass, four symphonies, overtures, string quintets and quartets, and many piano pieces, among other works.
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Who was Franz Xaver Gebel?
German composer
When was Franz Xaver Gebel born?
Franz Xaver Gebel was born in 1787 in Milin.
When did Franz Xaver Gebel die?
Franz Xaver Gebel died on 3 May 1843 in Moscow.
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Franz Xaver Gebel was a composer, pianist, music educator, conductor and teacher.
What nationality was Franz Xaver Gebel?
Franz Xaver Gebel was German.
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