August Lanner

[1] He was first educated at the St. Anna-Schule but received no music instruction at that time.

His earliest music education was first provided by the k.k Kapellmeister Josef Strebinger in harmony and later took instructions in composition with the Viennese composer Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. and also Professor Joseph Mayseder.

Among his first efforts at musical composition is a waltz which did not survive obscurity.

Making his debut in 1853, he was destined to live only until he was 20 after suffering from a lung illness.

In August Lanner's short-lived career, he composed some 30 dance pieces.