Haslinger, Tobias
Haslinger Carl, *11 June 1816 Vienna, †26 December 1868 Vienna, Austrian music publisher and musician, son of Tobias. He was a proficient pianist, a student of C. Czerny and a prolific composer, a student of I.X. von Seyfried. He left over 100 compositions, including the opera Wanda, the cantata Glocke to words by F. Schiller, the symphonic cantata Napoleon, quartets, trios, piano pieces, songs, religious pieces; some of Carl Haslinger’s compositions gained considerable popularity among his contemporaries. In 1848 – after his mother’s death – he took over the running of the publishing house (Carl Haslinger quondam Tobias). Under his leadership, the qualitative and quantitative level of publishing production decreased significantly; in its former capacity, it only maintained dance music publishing houses. He printed, among others: works by brothers Johann and Josef Strauss, and among Polish composers, by M.K. Ogiński, F. Chopin, R. Monczyński, J. Guniewicz, W. Dydyński, W. Czerwiński, K.B. Załuski et al. After Carl Haslinger’s death, the company, managed by his widow, Josephine, continued significant publishing for another 7 years. In 1875, it was sold to R. Lienau, the successor of A.M. Schlesinger in Berlin.
Literature: M. Unger Ludvig van Beethoven und seine Verleger, Berlin 1921; A. Weinmann Wiener Musikverleger und Musikalienhändler von Mozarts Zeit bis gegen 1860, Vienna 1956; F. Zagiba Chopin und Tobias Haslinger, Chopin-Jahrbuchb 1956.