Gallenbert, Wenceslas-Robert, count de
(1783–1859)> COMPOSER
Gallenbert, Wenceslas-Robert, count de (28 December 1783, Vienna; 13 March 1859, Rome), composer, perferred music to all his other studies, and he was still a youth when he undertook the composition of songs, overtures, and operettas. He went to Italy, made the acquaintance of the impressario Barbaia, wrote ballets for his theatres, and persuaded him to return to Austria with him to establish an Italian theatre in Vienna. The new company installed themselves in the theatre of the…