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Rudolf Bial (26 August 1834 – 23 November 1881) was a German

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ist,

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, conductor and theater director.

Life

Born in

Bystrzyca Kłodzka Bystrzyca Kłodzka ( cs, Kladská Bystřice, german: Habelschwerdt) is a historic town in Kłodzko County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka. As of December 2021, the ...

, Province of Silesia, Bial received his musical education in Breslau, where he was employed at the age of 15 as the first violinist in the chapel of the local municipal theatre. He was

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 ...

in Lübeck from 1854 to 1856, then made a concert tour to Australia as a violin virtuoso together with his brother Karl, became Kapellmeister in 1864 at

August Conradi August Conradi (27 June 1821 – 26 May 1873) was a German organist and composer. Life Born in Berlin, Conradi was originally intended by his father to study theology. Instead, he was enrolled at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. There he s ...

's place at Wallner-Theater in Berlin and from 1876 to 1879 was the director of the Krollschen Theater, whose repertoire he refined by cultivating German and Italian operas. In the latter year he moved to New York. There he led a concert band and died at the age of 47. His brother Karl Bial (1833-1892) worked as a piano virtuoso, composer and music teacher in Berlin. He left behind several pieces for piano and songs.Ewald Oswald Röder: ''Geborene Schlesier'' (''Schlesisches Tonkünstlerlexikon''), 1846/47

Work

Among Rudolf Bial's partly popular compositions (in total 130 numbers) his

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''Der Herr von Papillon'' (1868) had the greatest success. * 1872: ''Die Mottenburger'', burlesque with music * 1874: ''Mein Leopold'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts),

premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...

28 September 1874 * 1875: ''Der Liebesring'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts), premiere 4 December 1875, Berlin, Städtisches Friedrich-Wilhelm Theater * 1876: ''Der Registrator auf Reisen'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts), premiere 12 February 1876 * ???: ''Ehrliche Arbeit'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts) * ???: ''Von Stufe zu Stufe'', burlesque with music * ???: ''Hopfenraths Erben'', burlesque with music * ???: ''Comtesse Helene'', burlesque in three acts Marches: * ''Donato-March for Pianoforte'', 1865 * ''Kladderadatsch-Jubiläums-March'', 1866, on the occasion of the celebration of the publication of the thousandth issue of the political satirical weekly ''

Kladderadatsch ''Kladderadatsch'' ( onomatopoeic for "Crash") was a satirical German-language magazine first published in Berlin on 7 May 1848. It appeared weekly or as the ''Kladderadatsch'' put it: "daily, except for weekdays." It was founded by Albert Hofman ...

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Rudolf Bial
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