Franz Xaver Kleinheinz
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Franz Xaver Kleinheinz (26 June 1765 – 29 January 1832) was an Austrian composer, piano teacher and
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Life

Born in near
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, Kleinheinz first went to Munich and in 1799 to Vienna, where he met
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and soon became a sought-after piano teacher. His pupils included Giulietta Guicciardi and the sisters
Therese Brunsvik Countess Therese onBrunsvik (in Hungarian Teréz Brunszvik, sometimes referred to in English as Therese Countess von Brunsvik or Brunswick) (July 27, 1775, Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary – September 23, 1861, Pest, Hungary, Pest, Kingdom of H ...
and
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. From 1805, he took up a second residence in
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and in August 1810 he was appointed as Kapellmeister in
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. At the beginning of May 1813, it is said that Kleinheinz, "one of the most excellent piano players", had resigned from his post in Pressburg and returned to Vienna. From 1814 to 1824, he worked as a conductor at the Deutsches Theater in Pest. Kleinheinz died in Pest at the age of 66.


Works

* ''Fantaisie Sonate pour le Piano-Forte composée et dédiée à Son Excellence Madame la Comtesse de Brunsvik Maythény'', op. 7, Vienna: Joseph Eder
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* ''Sonate pour le Pianoforte avec l'Accompagnement d'un Violon obligé, composée et dédiée à Mad. la Comtesse Therese de Brunswik'', op.
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* ''Hektors Abschied'' (Schiller) op. 10 für 1–2 Singstimmen und Cembalo, Vienna: Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir
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* ''Der Handschuh'' (Schiller) op. 11 für Singstimme und Cembalo, Wien: Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir
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* ''Grande Sonate pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains, composée et dediée aux Demoiselles les Comtesses Julie et Henriette de Brunswick'', op. 12, Vienna: Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir * ''Trio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier'' op. 13, Vienna: Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie, 1802 * ''Der Kampf'' (Schiller) op. 14 für Gesang und Klavier, "dem Herrn Grafen Georg von Bérényi gewidmet", Vienna: Kunst- u. Industrie Comptoir * ''Trois grandes sonates pour le fortepiano, ou clavecin'' op. 17, Leipzig: Hoffmeister und Kühnel
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,'' 1813 * ''Notturno D-Dur für Klavier und Viola'' op. 42 by Ludwig van Beethoven, bearbeitet by Franz Xaver Kleinheinz * ''Die Empfehlungsfeier. Schlußkantate bey Gelegenheit der ersten Vorstellung unter der neuen Direktion des Herrn Johann Baptist Mayer, den 15. April von der Gesellschaft abgesungen. Die Worte sind von Herrn Tobias Frech E. v. Ehrimfeld. Die Musik von Franz Xaver Kleinheinz, Kapellmeister des k. städtischen Nationaltheaters in Brünn'', Brünn: Franz Karl Siedler 180
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References


Further reading

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Adolf Sandberger Adolf Wilhelm August Sandberger (19 December 1864 in Würzburg – 14 January 1943 in Munich) was a German musicologist and composer, with a particular interest in 16th-century music. He founded the School of Musicology at the University of Munic ...
, ''Franz Xaver Kleinheinz.'' In ''Ausgewählte Aufsätze zur Musikgeschichte'', vol. 2, Munich 1924, . * * Arthur Maximilian Miller, ''Franz Xaver Kleinheinz.'' In ''Veröffentlichungen der Schwäbischen Forschungsgemeinschaft bei der Kommission für Bayerische Landesgeschichte'', Band 10, ca. 1974, S. 152–178. * Arthur Maximilian Miller, ''Franz Xaver Kleinheinz.'' In ''Lebensbilder aus dem Bayerischen Schwaben'', vol. 12, edited by Adolf Layer, 1980, * Peter Clive, ''Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary'', New York 2001, S. 186 f. *
Klaus Martin Kopitz Klaus Martin Kopitz (born January 29, 1955, Stendal) is a German composer and musicologist. He became known in particular with his album ''Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea. 20 songs for 2 pianos''. In the United States, US, it was 2018 on the annual "W ...
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Rainer Cadenbach Rainer Cadenbach (1 July 1944 – 22 May 2008) was a German musicologist and University professor. Life Born in near Kassel, Cadenbach studierte German (with Benno von Wiese and Rudolf Schützeichel), philosophy (with Hans Wagner and Hariolf ...
(ed.) among others: ''Beethoven aus der Sicht seiner Zeitgenossen in Tagebüchern, Briefen, Gedichten und Erinnerungen.'' Vol. 1: ''Adamberger – Kuffner.'' Edited by the Beethoven-Forschungsstelle an der Universität der Künste Berlin. Henle, Munich 2009, , . *


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver Austrian composers 1765 births 1832 deaths People from Mindelheim