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Friedrich Horschelt (dancer)
Friedrich Horschelt (14 April 1793, Cologne - 9 December 1876, Munich) was a German ballet master and impresario. Biography He was the son of a ballet master. In 1805, after his father's death, his mother took him and his three sisters on a tour and, in 1806, settled in Vienna. From 1811, he was a dancer and choreographer at the Leopoldstädter Theater. Three years later, he became the assistant to the ballet master at the Theater an der Wien. In 1815, he created a children's ballet company there, with financial support from Ferdinánd Pálffy, the theater's manager. The famous dancers who got their start with him included, among others, Fanny Elssler, Therese Elssler and . He directed the company until 1821, when he relocated to Munich to take an appointment as Court Ballet Master. The following year, his ballet company was disbanded, by Imperial order, as the result of a scandal involving Prince Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg, who was accused of molesting almost two hundred unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Horschelt
Friedrich Horschelt may refer to: * Friedrich Horschelt (dancer) Friedrich Horschelt (14 April 1793, Cologne - 9 December 1876, Munich) was a German ballet master and impresario. Biography He was the son of a ballet master. In 1805, after his father's death, his mother took him and his three sisters on a tou ... (1793–1876), German ballet master and impresario * Friedrich Horschelt (painter) (1824–1881), German portrait painter {{hndis, Horschelt, Friedrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
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19th-century German Ballet Dancers
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German Choreographers
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1876 Deaths
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1793 Births
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Joseph Kürschner
Joseph Kürschner (20 September 1853, in Gotha – 29 July 1902, on a journey to Huben) was a German author and editor most often cited for his critical edition of classics from German literature. Biography At first engaged in mechanical engineering, he afterwards studied at the University of Leipzig. Then he lived several years in Berlin. He then managed the Stuttgart periodical ''Vom Fels zum Meer'' (1881–89). From 1880 to 1882, he was editor of ''Neue Zeit'', official organ of German dramatical authors and composers, then from 1885 to 1886 he edited ''Deutsche Schriftstellerzeitung'' (German writers' newspaper). He was appointed literary director of the Deutsche Verlagsanstalt and moved in 1893 to Eisenach. In 1889, he was made councilor (''Hofrat'') and professor by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Besides several publications connected with the history of German theater, he edited successively in Berlin and Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Horschelt (painter)
Friedrich Horschelt (22 November 1824, Munich - 27 July 1881, Munich) was a German portrait painter. Biography He was born to the ballet master, Friedrich Horschelt, and his wife, the dancer Barbara ("Babette") Eckner (1804–1889), who had been a soloist in the Munich ballet. His first drawing lessons were with the history painter, Michael Echter. After 1841, he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich."00009 Friedrich Horschelt". In: ''Matrikelbuch'', Vol. 2: (1841–1884), MunichOnline. Beginning in 1847, he studied with Charles Gleyre in Paris, and held his first exhibit at the Salon in 1848. He then returned to Munich, where he worked as a portrait painter. In 1854, he went to Vienna, with a letter of recommendation from the former King of Bavaria, Ludwig I. Later, he worked in Pest. He returned to Munich in 1863. The battle painter, Theodor Horschelt Theodor Horschelt (16 March 1829, Munich – 3 April 1871, Munich) was a German painter who specialized i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Horschelt
Theodor Horschelt (16 March 1829, Munich – 3 April 1871, Munich) was a German painter who specialized in scenes from the Caucasian Wars. Biography Theodor Horschelt was the son of ballet master, Friedrich Horschelt. His older brother, Friedrich, was a portrait painter. Beginning in 1846, he went to the Academy of Fine Arts Munich where he was a student of the history painter, Joseph Anton Rhomberg, but left him after a short period and attempted to learn drawing on his own. He initially focused on scenes from nature and imaginative portrayals of the Caucasian Wars. He soon took direction from Professor Hermann Anschütz, learning precision and clarity of outline. After leaving the Academy, he studied with more enthusiasm in the studios of Albrecht and Franz Adam and Julius Lange. He eventually decided to devote himself exclusively to war paintings, and began by doing sketches of horses at the Royal Stables in Stuttgart. In 1853, he made two study trips; one to Paris with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living; innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities in its Innovation Cities Index; and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status global city in their 2020 survey. Stuttgart was one of the host cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
