Labor, Josef
Labor, Josef
Labor, Josef, Austrian pianist, organist, and composer; b. Horowitz, June 29, 1842; d. Vienna, April 26, 1924. He lost his sight as a youth. He studied with Sechter at the Vienna Cons. In 1863 he was tutor to the princesses of Hannover, who were then living in exile with their family in Vienna. He played in London (1865), Paris, and Russia. In 1868 he returned to Vienna, where he settled as a teacher; among his students were Bittner and Schoenberg. He wrote a Konzertstück for Piano and Orch., church music, chamber music, keyboard pieces, and songs.
Bibliography
P. Kundi, j. L, Sein Leben und Wirken (Vienna, 1963; contains a thematic catalogue).
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