Johann Georg Albrechtsberger is named Kapellmeister of St. Stephen's Cathedral in 1792.

His fame as a theorist will attract to him in the Austrian capital a large number of pupils, some of whom afterward will become eminent musicians.

Among these are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Ignaz Moscheles, Josef Weigl (1766–1846), Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson (1768 – after 1824), Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Reicha and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.

Beethoven had arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study with Joseph Haydn but quickly became infuriated when his work was not being given attention or corrected.

Haydn had recommended his friend Albrechtsberger, with whom Beethoven now studies harmony and counterpoint.

On completion of his studies, the young student notes, "Patience, diligence, persistence, and sincerity will lead to success," which reflects Albrechtsberger's own compositional philosophy.

When Beethoven is finished studying with Albrechtsberger he decides to get a few more tips and pointers, so to speak, from Haydn.

From here Beethoven possibly studies with Antonio Salieri, but this is unknown as a fact.

It is also quite possible that Beethoven had gone off on his own to make a living, only then returning after he had a stable career.

Albrechtsberger, born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, had originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna, has become one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age.

Albrechtsberger's earliest classmates included Michael Haydn and Franz Joseph Aumann.

After being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he had been appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey.

In 1772 he had been appointed organist to the court of Vienna.