What is Johann Georg Albrechtsberger?
[[Image:Johann Georg Albrechtsberger.jpg|thumb|right|Johann Georg Albrechtsberger]] '''Johann Georg Albrechtsberger''' (born 3 February 1736 in [[Klosterneuburg]] near [[Vienna]]; died 7 March 1809 in Vienna) was an [[Austria]]n [[composer]], [[pipe organ|organist]], [[music theory|music theorist]] and [[music]] [[teacher]]. He is most known today because he was [[Beethoven|Beethoven’s]] teacher for a time. ==Life== From the age of seven, Albrechtsberger was a [[choirboy]]. He had [[lesson]]s in organ and music [[theory]]. As an [[adult]], he had several [[job]]s in [[church]]es in small [[town]]s. He became [[Kapellmeister]] at [[St Stephen’s Church, Vienna]] in 1793. This was the best job for a church musician in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire|empire]]. ==Writing music== Albrechtsberger wrote hundreds of [[Composition (music)|compositions]]. He wrote most of them before he got the job in Vienna. He wrote in a [[Classical music period|classical]] style. Albrechsberger enjoyed doing things with music which were not normally done. He would ask [[string instrument|string players]] to [[tune]] their strings in different ways (called “[[scordatura]]”). He would also write slow [[movement (music)|movements]] with [[mute (music)|muted]] strings. As well as classical [[sonata]]s he wrote lots of [[fugue]]s. Several people, including [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], thought of him as the greatest organist in the world. ==Teaching== Albrechtsberger was a very important music teacher. [[Joseph Haydn]] thought he was the best teacher in Vienna. He was very interested in [[contrapuntal]] music of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] period. He copied many [[fugue]]s by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] and other composers. When Beethoven was a young man, he had some [[composition (music)|composition]] lessons from [[Joseph Haydn]]. When Haydn was going to travel to [[England]] for several months, he asked Albrechtsberger to teach Beethoven while he was gone. These lessons took place from 1793 to 1795. A few years later, Albrec