Johann Georg Lickl, also Ligkl, Hans-Georg Lickl, (11 April 1769 – 12 May 1843) was an Austrian composer, organist,

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in the main church of Pécs, and

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Biography

Lickl was born in

Korneuburg Korneuburg (; Central Bavarian: ''Korneibuag'') is a town in Austria. It is located in the state Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district of Korneuburg (district), Korneuburg. Korneuburg is situated on the left bank of the ...

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, and

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ed as a child. He studied under Witzig, who was the organist at the church of Korneuburg. He relocated to

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in 1785 and studied under Albrechtsberger and

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. He also formed a close friendship with

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

whom he also took lessons from. Later in the 1780s, he became organist at the

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church in

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. He collaborated with

Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Mozart's opera ''Die Zauberflöte'' and was the builder of th ...

on a number of ''

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'' in the 1790s, working in the Theater auf der Wieden. He died, aged 74, in Fünfkirchen (), southern

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, Imperial Austria. He wrote operas, one

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, three

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s, and served as a

at several churches. From 1807 until his death he was choirmaster at what is now

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. A large portion of his output is sacred music, including

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es and

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s. In 1843, some of his piano- and chamber music works were published by Tobias Haslinger (Vienna),

Johann Anton André Johann Anton André (6 October 1775 – 6 April 1842) was a German composer and music publisher of the Classical period, best known for his central place in Mozart research. Life Born in Offenbach am Main, André wrote operas, symphonies, mass ...

(Offenbach) and (Augsburg). His sons, Karl Georg Lickl (1801, Vienna – 1877, Vienna) and Ägid(ius Ferdinand) Karl Lickl (1803, Vienna – 1864, Trieste), were also composers, whose output includes works for piano and for physharmonica, including a transcription of

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's '' Mass in C major'' for physharmonica and piano.

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