Alexander von Fielitz (December 28, 1860 – July 29, 1930) was a
German composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Life and work
Fielitz studied with
Julius Schulhoff
Julius Schulhoff (Julius Šulhov) (2 August 182515 March 1898) was a Bohemian pianist and composer of Jewish birth. As a composer, he was best known for his virtuosic salon pieces for solo piano, which included a grand sonata in F minor, twelve é ...
and
Edmund Kretschmer in
Dresden. He worked as a theater conductor in
Zurich,
Lübeck, and
Leipzig, and afterwards taught for several years at the
Stern Conservatory in
Berlin. In 1905 he became a teacher at the
Chicago Musical College and in 1906 he became the conductor of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From 1908 he again taught at the Stern Conservatory, which he headed from 1915.
Compositions
Fielitz composed two
operas – ''Vendetta'' in 1891 and ''Das stille Dorf'' ("The Silent Village") in 1900. He composed several songs; his ''Toskanische Lieder'' ("
Tuscan songs") were particularly well-known. His
romance for
piano and
violin was also popular.
Works
Alexander von Fielitz, ''Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee.'' ("Eliland. A song from the
Chiemsee
Chiemsee () is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The Alz flows in ...
."). Poem by Karl Stieler. Breitkopf & Härtel, Berlin, Leipzig, Brussels, 1900.
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1860 births
1930 deaths
German composers
German conductors (music)
German male conductors (music)
German songwriters