Julius Weismann (26 December 1879 – 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.
[See LCCN.]
Biography
Weismann was born in
Freiburg im Breisgau. He studied with
Josef Rheinberger
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was a Liechtensteiner organist and composer, residing in Bavaria for most of his life.
Life
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, whose father was the treasurer for Aloys II, Prince of Liech ...
and
Ludwig Thuille
Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (Bozen, 30 November 1861 – 5 February 1907) was an Austrian composer and teacher, numbered for a while among the leading operatic composers of the so-called Munich School of composers, whose most famous repre ...
. As a composer, he left over 150
opus number
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s and numerous works without opus number. His works include six operas, three
symphonies, three
piano concertos, four
violin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
s, eleven
string quartets (two of these recently recorded in
string orchestra arrangement on a
cpo
CPO may refer to:
Occupations
* Certified Professional Organizer
* Certified Protection Officer, a professional certification for security officers from the International Foundation for Protection Officers
* Chief people officer, a corporate of ...
recording), piano music, chamber works (including a violin sonata) and about 200 lieder.
Weismann's six operas were:
* ''Schwanenweiß'' (1920, premiered 1923), libretto after
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
* ''Ein Traumspiel'' (1924, premiered 1925), libretto after A. Strindberg
* ''Leonce und Lena'' (1924, premiered 1925), after a text by
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...
* ''Regina del Lago'' (1926, premiered 1928), libretto by Erica Stuber after a text by Walter Calé
* ''Die Gespenstersonate'' (
The Ghost Sonata
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), libretto after A. Strindberg (1930)
* ''Die pfiffige Magd'' (1938, premiered 1939), libretto after
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, ...
Weismann was also a teacher, whose students included
Hans Heinsheimer.
[. Note 6.]
From 1934 Julius Weismann was one of the honorary chairmen of the "Working Group of National Socialist Composers".
He died in
Singen am Hohentweil, Lake Constance.
References
Further reading
* A biography of Weismann, part of a series of biographies about people around the composer
Bertold Hummel
Bertold Hummel (27 November 1925 – 9 August 2002) was a German composer of modern classical music.
Life
Bertold Hummel was born in Hüfingen, Baden. He studied at the Academy of Music in Freiburg from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Har ...
made for the record label
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MD&G or Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (founded 1978) is a German classical record label based in Detmold run by recording engineers and producers Werner Dabringhaus and Reimund Grimm. MDG is notable for its premiere recordings of works by Ge ...
.
*
* Falcke, Wilm: ''Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Julius Weismann. Verzeichnis des Schrifttums und der Ansprachen über Julius Weismann und seine Werke'' (Duisburg]:
.n. 1955) (see also )
External links
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1879 births
1950 deaths
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German classical pianists
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