Franz Xaver Haberl

German priest and musicologist (1840–1910)

Franz Xaver Haberl worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Franz Xaver Haberl as German priest and musicologist (1840–1910).

Franz Xaver Haberl was born at Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg in 1840. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Bavaria.

This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.

He worked as writer, musicologist and organist.

The instruments recorded are organ.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

That the work came out of Kingdom of Bavaria shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Franz Xaver Haberl died in 1910, aged 70. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.

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