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born in Vienna
learned violin from father, piano from brother
served as a chorister under Salieri
became an elementary teacher at his father's school when his voice changed
later went to teach Count Johann Esterházy's children
wrote 6 Latin masses, 1 German mass, 1 German Requiem, 71 partsongs, 1 unfinished oratorio, 9 canons, 30 motets, and cantatas