Albrechtsberger, a contemporary of F.J. Haydn,
was a famous organist and revered teacher as well as a prolific composer. Although W.A. Mozart
considered his organ playing to be the standard by which other organists should be judged,
he is best remembered as a teacher and theorist.
Haydn praised him highly and sent Beethoven to study with him for two years beginning in 1794.
Albrechtsberger perpetuated the Baroque tradition of counterpoint and
his influence on the Viennese School was considerable, as can be seen in the major fugal
passages in late Mozart and Beethoven.
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