Vaterländischer Künstlerverein was a collaborative musical publication or anthology, incorporating 83 variations for piano on a theme by Anton Diabelli, written by 51 composers living in or associated
Front page of 1824 edition
Theme of the Variations – Diabelli's waltz
Johann Peter Pixis
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Johann Peter Pixis was a German pianist and composer, born in Mannheim. He lived in Vienna from 1808 to 1824, then in Paris to 1840, during which time he was among the city's most prominent pianists a
Vaterländischer Künstlerverein
…appears in later editions as Variation 28a. 29 Joseph Panny 1796–1838 6 8 A minor Allegro con brio 68 30 Hieronymus Payer 1787–1845 3 4 C major — 64 31 Johann Peter Pixis 1788–1874 3 4 C major — 64 32 Wenzel Plachy (or Václav Plachý) 1785–1858 3 4 C major Con fuoco 64 Bohemian organist 33 Gottfried Rieger 1764–1855 3 4…
Johann Peter Pixis
Cover of the vocal score for Meyerbeer, Robert le diable, with piano reduction by Pixis (1831).
Pixis, Three German Airs, title page. Sung in London by his adopted daughter Francilla.