Diabelli was an Austrian publisher and composer: he studied music in
Salzburg, and in 1800 entered the Raitenhaslach Monastery. After
1803, he went to Vienna, where he taught the piano and guitar.
As an experienced musicians, Diabelli, knew how to respond to the
musical fashions of the time, and the connection he formed with Schubert
established the company's (Cappi & Diabelli) widespread fame.
Financed on commission, he published Schubert's first printed works,
and the firm published the "Vaterländischer Künstlerverein", too, including Beethoven's Diabelli Variation op.120.
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