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==Early Life==

==Early Life==

His early musical training was with the violin, and later in composition and keyboards. At  first he was taught by his father, Johann, and then by C.G. Neefe, a court organist. At 11 he is recorded as filling in for Neefe as an organist; at 12 he had some early compositions published. In 1787 he went to Vienna, but quickly returned on hearing that his mother was dying. In 1792 he went back to Vienna, where he then settled. He pursued his studies, first with [[Joseph Haydn]], and later with contemporaries [[Johann Schenk]], [[Johann-Georg Albrechtsberger]] and [[Antonio Salieri]]

His early musical training was with the violin, and later in composition and keyboards. At  first he was taught by his father, Johann, and then by C.G. Neefe, a court organist. At 11 he is recorded as filling in for Neefe as an organist; at 12 he had some early compositions published. In 1787 he went to Vienna, but quickly returned on hearing that his mother was dying. In 1792 he went back to Vienna, where he then settled. He pursued his studies, first with [[Joseph Haydn]], and later with contemporaries Johann Schenk, Johann-Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri

==The Music==

==The Music==