Aloys Obrist, also ''Alois Obrist'' (30 March 1867 – 29 June 1910) was a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

and conductor.

Life

Born in

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, Obrist studied music in

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

and in Berlin where he received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

in 1892. Afterwards he received a proposition to become Kapellmeister at the Augsburg City Theatre. From September 1895 to 1900 he was Hofkapellmeister at the

Staatstheater Stuttgart The Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre) is a theatre with three locations, Oper Stuttgart (Opera Stuttgart), Stuttgarter Ballett (Stuttgart Ballet), and Schauspiel Stuttgart (Stuttgart Drama Theatre), in Stuttgart, Germany. The s ...

(

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), where he made great contributions to the modernization of the repertoire of subscription concerts of the Hofkapelle. From 1901 to 1907 he was curator of the . He was married to theatre actress . His brother

Hermann Obrist Hermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany) was a Swiss sculptor of the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau movement. He studied Botany and History in his youth; the influence of those s ...

was a famous sculptor.

Death

Obrist's affair with the opera singer Anna Sutter was to prove fatal. After Sutter had ended the relationship in 1909 after two years, Obrist broke into her apartment on 29 June 1910, and - after his love was rejected once again - shot her with two pistol shots, before he took his own life with five shots. Obrist died in Stuttgart at the age of 43.

Work

* ''Melchior Franck. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der weltlichen Composition in Deutschland in der Zeit vor dem 30jährigen Krieg.'' Phil. Diss., Berlin 1892
online
* ''Was sagt uns das Liszt-Museum?'' In ''Der Kunstwart.'' Munich: Callwey, vol. 19.1906, 21, . * ''Klavierspielapparate und musikalische Seelenwerte.'' In ''Der Kunstwart''. Munich, Callwey. vol. 19,1 (1905/06), * ''Die historische und künstlerische Bedeutung der Wiederbelebung altertümlicher Musikinstrumente.'' Vortrag, gehalten auf dem Basler Kongreß der "Internationalen Musikgesellschaft" i. J. 1906. In ''Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau.'' Leipzig, de Wit. Vol. 27 (1907), 23 (11 May), *

Richard Batka Richard Batka (14 December 1868 – 24 April 1922) was an Austrian musicologist, music critic and librettist. Educated at German Charles-Ferdinand University in his native city of Prague, he began his career as a lecturing academic at that institu ...

; Aloys Obrist: ''Klavierspielapparate.'' Munich: Callwey; Leipzig: Schlüter & Co.: 1914 (4th ed.). (Flugschrift zur Ausdruckskultur, Dürer-Bund; 8)

Literature

* Georg Günther: ''Carmen – letzter Akt: die Künstlertragödie Sutter – Obrist von 1910 und die Stuttgarter Oper um 1900.'' Accompanying volume and catalogue to the exhibition of the State Archive Ludwigsburg and the City Archive Stuttgart (2001). * Musikbibliothek des † Herrn Hofkapellmeisters Hofrat Dr. A. Obrist. Stuttgart: R. Levi,

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(Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 189 b R. Levi, Stuttgart) * ''Melchior Franck, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der weltlichen Composition in Deutschland in der Zeit vor dem 3ojährigen Krieg''], Inaugural-Dissertation von Aloys ObristMelchior Franck, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der weltlichen Composition in Deutschland in der Zeit vor dem 3ojährigen Krieg''
on WorldCat * ''Neue Musikzeitung,'' 21st year, 1910, issue 20, . * ''Musikalisches Wochenblatt,'' 1899,

References

External links

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

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