# Joseph Labitzky

> Joseph Labitzky was a Bohemian composer, violinist, and conductor. He studied with Karl Veit in his youth. Labitzky joined a traveling orchestra at age 14, and in 1820 took a position in an orchestra in Marienbad. In 1823–24, he was in Munich, and following this he toured Germany as a concert violinist. He put together his own orchestra in 1825, touring Vienna and Warsaw. He took a conducting position in Karlsbad in 1835, and his dance pieces became quite popular throughout Europe, including England. He was involved in "Cocks vs Purday", a British court case concerning copyright. He was the father of August Labitzky. Labitzky composed 300 dance pieces.

*Bohemian violinist, conductor and composer (1802–1881)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joseph-labitzky

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1802-07-04
- **Died:** 1881-08-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1648322)
- [چوزيف لابيتزكى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%89)
- [Joseph Labitzky](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Labitzky)
- [Josef Labický](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Labick%C3%BD)
- [Joseph Labitzky](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Labitzky)
- [Joseph Labitzky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Labitzky)
- [Joseph Labitzky](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Labitzky)
- [Josef Labitzki](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Labitzki)
- [ヨーゼフ・ラビツキー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93%E3%83%84%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC)
- [Лабицкий, Йозеф](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84)
- [Йозеф Лабіцький](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/93b8e126-3959-4cdf-84a3-fddc925546f4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350654)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/joseph-labitzky