HABERT, JOHANNES. – Composer and organist, born at Oberplan on 18 October 1833, died at Gmunden on 1 September 1896.
Founder and editor of the Zeitschrift für katholische Kirchenmusik, he conducted therein a vigorous controversy with the Cäcilienverein and F. X. Haberl over the allegedly overly narrow orientation in the artistic field of sacred music. He published a Praktische Orgelschule, which went through several editions; the book Beiträge zur Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition (Leipzig 1899); 30 Masses, 3 of them with orchestral accompaniment; 2 requiems; motets, psalms, and other church music; as well as secular compositions and choruses. A collection of his works was published in Leipzig by the music publishing house Breitkopf und Härtel in 1900.