Haibel, (Johann Petrus) Jakob

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Haibel, (Johann Petrus) Jakob

Haibel, (Johann Petrus) Jakob, Austrian tenor and composer; b. Graz, July 20, 1762; d. Djakovar, March 24, 1826. He was engaged in Vienna as a tenor. In 1806 settled in Djakovar, where he married Sophie Weber, sister of Mozart’s widow. He produced several stage works in Vienna, among them the ballet Le nozze disturbate (May 18, 1795) and a Singspiel, Der Tyroler Wastl (May 14, 1796), which became very popular.

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