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Heinrich Carl Wilhelm Vitzthum Von Eckstädt
Count Heinrich Carl Wilhelm Vitzthum von Eckstädt (26 March 1770, Dresden - 11 October 1837, Dresden) was a Saxon Privy Councilor, who served as General Director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and the Staatskapelle Dresden. Biography He was born into the noble family of and was the fourth son of . His mother was his father's second wife, Auguste Erdmuthe (1738–1775), from the noble family of . Like most of his relatives, he embarked on an administrative career, in service to the House of Wettin, and was initially a private financial counselor at the Dresden Court. In 1815, he was appointed the Royal Saxon Court Marshal. This automatically made him Director of the Staatskapelle and the , in Dresden and Leipzig. In those positions, he is primarily known for the vigorous support he gave to the composer, Carl Maria von Weber who, at his urging, was named Kapellmeister in 1816. He also served as Director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hochschule für Grafik u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Graf Vitzthum Von Eckstädt - Carl Christian Vogel Von Vogelstein (1831)
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