The New International Encyclopædia/Labitzky, Joseph

LABITZKY, lȧ-bĭt′skē̇, Joseph (1802-81). An Austrian dance composer, born at Schönfeld. After studying music under Veit at Petschau, he became the first violin of an orchestra at Marienbad (1820), and the next year took a like position at Karlsbad. He continued his musical studies under Winter at Munich, and in 1834 organized an orchestra, with which he made extended concert tours. His own compositions were favorite numbers of his programmes, and his waltzes, quadrilles, and galops thus became widely known. The best of his waltzes are "Sirenen," "Grenzboten," "Aurora," and "Karlsbader."