Kreipl Joseph [Kreipel] (* 21.3.1806 in Altlerchenfeld [Vienna II], † 26.5.1866 Vienna) was a singer (tenor) and composer. Kreipl, who came from a Viennese family of velvet makers and whose musical training is not known, was engaged in Regensburg from 1832-1834 before moving to Vienna to work at the Theatre in der Josefstadt (1834/1835). He was then at the Deutsches Theater in Pest (Budapest, 1836/1837) and made guest appearances in Frankfurt am Main, among other places. Further engagements followed in Berlin (1838/1839), Graz (1839-1842), Bratislava (1842/1843 and 1844/1845), Olomouc, Schwerin (1845/1846) and Linz (1846-1849). He then made guest appearances in Brno and Graz. His setting of the poem 'S Mailüfterl' by Anton v. Klesheim, published by the Viennese publishing house Müller in 1845, achieved great popularity and was still published years after his death in numerous arrangements (including for zither and male choir). After his active career, Kreipl worked as a teacher and composer of songs. In his final years, he worked as a silk manufacturer like his father.

(Source: Austrian music encyclopaedia)