A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Stadler, Albert

STADLER, Albert, intimate friend of Schubert's, born at Steyer in Upper Austria, April 4, 1794, learned music from F. Weigl and Wawra. From 1812 to 1817 he studied law at the University of Vienna, and was also at the Imperial Convict, where he formed a close friendship with Schubert. [See vol. iii. p. 321b.] In 1817 he became a government official in his native town, where he was frequently visited by Schubert and Vogl. Music was a constant occupation at their common lodgings, and at houses where the three were intimate, and they made excursions in the neighbourhood. [See vol. iii. p. 331b.] In 1821 Stadler moved to Linz, where he became secretary, and in 1833 honorary member, of the Musikverein. After a residence at Salzburg as commissary of the district he retired with the title of Statthaltereirath and the Imperial order of Franz-Joseph. At Salzburg he was made an honorary member of the Cathedral Musikverein, and of the Mozarteum. Stadler was an industrious composer, but only part of his Lieder have been engraved. They include settings of poems by Pichtler, Leitner, Kaltenbrunner, Heine, Eurich, Körner, and Pannasch.

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