Ballmann, Alois 27.feb.1814-12.dec.1882 Austria Tyrol, Hall - Hall
organist, bandmaster, choirmaster, first in Sankt Lorenzen im Pustertal and in Lienz, 1842 organist and 1840-1870 choirmaster of the Pfarrkirche St Nikolaus in Hall, bandmaster of the Schutzen- und Stadtmusikkapelle of Hall, choral conductor of the Haller Liedertafel, he composed in the style of early Viennese light music for the Turkish Band of Hall, he was an ardent music copyist, 1840 he edited 'Der vollkommene Organist, eine sammlung von 14 Fugen' including unknown works by JS Bach ; he married Maria Magdalena Hellweger, sister of the painter Franz Hellweger ; 18.aug.1854 in Hall he married Antonia Mayrhofen von Coburg und Anger (Bruneck 1819-1879 Hall) ; son composer Heinrich Ballmann