Johann Nepomuk Fuchs was born on 5 May 1842 at
Frauental in
Styria in the south of Austria. Johann studied musical theory in Vienna with the prominent theorist and composer
Simon Sechter, with whom Schubert had planned to study. In 1864, he was appointed
Kapellmeister of the
Bratislava Opera. He also conducted opera outside Bratislava, in Brno, Kassel, Cologne, Hamburg, and Leipzig, before moving to the
Vienna Court Opera in 1880. In 1888, Fuchs joined the faculty of the
Vienna Conservatory, Other notable students included composers
Edmund Eysler,
Leo Fall and
Rubin Goldmark, and the theorist and composer
Heinrich Schenker. In 1893, Fuchs succeeded
Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. as director of the conservatory. Further recognition followed in 1894, when he was appointed Vice
Hofkapellmeister for his services at the Vienna Court Opera. He helped prepare the first edition of the entire Schubert canon, the
Schubert-Gesamtausgabe published by
Breitkopf & Härtel, editing the works for the theatre, as well as some of the orchestral scores. He died at
Bad Vöslau in
Lower Austria on 5 October 1899. ==References==