Editing Anton Diabelli (section)

==Career==
In 1803 Diabelli moved to [[Vienna]] and began teaching piano and [[classical guitar|guitar]] and found work as a proofreader for a music publisher. During this period he learned the music publishing business while continuing to compose. In 1809 he composed his comic opera, ''Adam in der Klemme.'' In 1817 he started a music publishing business and in 1818 he formed a partnership with [[Pietro Cappi]] to create the music publishing firm of Cappi & Diabelli.

Cappi & Diabelli became well known by [[arrangement|arranging]] popular pieces so they could be played by amateurs at home. A master of promotion, Diabelli selected widely-accessible music such as famous opera tune arrangements, dance music and popular new comic theatre songs.

The firm soon established a reputation in more serious music circles by championing the works of [[Franz Schubert]]. Diabelli recognized the composer's potential and became the first to publish Schubert's work with "[[Erlkönig (Schubert)|Erlkönig]]" in 1821. Diabelli's firm continued to publish Schubert's work until 1823 when an argument between Cappi and Schubert terminated their business. The following year Diabelli and Cappi parted ways, Diabelli launching a new publishing house, Diabelli & Co., in 1824. Following Schubert's early death in 1828 Diabelli purchased a large portion of the composer's massive musical estate from Schubert's brother [[Ferdinand Schubert|Ferdinand]]. As Schubert had hundreds of unpublished works, Diabelli's firm was able to publish "new" Schubert works for more than 30 years after the composer's death.

Diabelli's publishing house expanded throughout his life, before he retired in 1851, leaving it under the control of [[Carl Anton Spina]]. When Diabelli died in 1858 Spina changed the firm's name to “C.A. Spina Vormals Diabelli”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diabelli – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Diabelli |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> and published much music by [[Johann Strauss II]] and [[Josef Strauss]]. In 1872 the firm was taken over by [[Friedrich Schreiber]] and in 1876 it merged with the firm of [[August Cranz]] who bought the company in 1879 and ran it under his name.

Diabelli died in Vienna at the age of 76.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diabelli, Anton |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000007710 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Grove Music Online |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07710}}</ref>