Anselm Hüttenbrenner

He was on friendly terms with both Ludwig van Beethoven—he was one of only two people known to be present at his bedside at the time of his death—and Franz Schubert, of whom his recollections constitute an interesting but probably unreliable document[according to whom?]

His first published works (for piano and Lieder) began to appear shortly afterwards, and the String Quartet (Op.

He briefly returned to Graz in 1818, but was back in Vienna the following year, earning a living in a government office.

The manuscript remained with Hüttenbrenner until Johann Herbeck visited him in Ober-Andritz near Graz in 1865, and took the score away with him back to Vienna, where he conducted the first performance in December 1865.

His Requiem in C minor was performed at Schubert's memorial service on 23 December 1828.