Ferdinand Luib

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Ferdinand Johann Nepomuk Moritz Luib (born January 28, 1811 in Vienna ; † April 30, 1877 ibid) was an Austrian music critic and biographer of Franz Schubert .

Life

Luib was a critic of the Wanderer . In 1847 he became editor of the Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung . In the meantime he was employed in the Austrian Ministry of Commerce .

Luib was board member and artistic director of the Vienna choir Polyhymnia .

He collected extensive material for a planned biography of Franz Schubert .

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