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Friedrich August Burgmüller
Friedrich August Burgmüller (3 May 1760 – 21 August 1824) was a German pianist, Kapellmeister and Conducting, conductor as well as the first municipal music director in Düsseldorf and co-founder of the Lower Rhenish Music Festival. He is the father of the composers Friedrich Burgmüller and Norbert Burgmüller. Life and work Burgmüller was born on 3 May 1760 in Magdeburg and baptized on 6 May with the names "Anton Friedrich".Magdeburg, Evangelische Superintendentur, baptismal register Domgemeinde 1656-1814, . In the older literature the first names are also "Friedrich August" or "Johann August Franz", the latter in most handwritten sources. He himself signed mostly briefly "August Burgmüller". His father was Johann Christian Burgmüller (1734–1776), organist at the Magdeburger Dom, who taught him how to play the piano. From 1783 Burgmüller studied in Leipzig and Erfurt, but dropped out in 1785 and went from Erfurt to Weimar to the theatre troupe of the principal Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapellmeister
( , , ), from German (chapel) and (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 has evolved considerably in its meaning and is today used for denoting the leader of a musical ensemble, often smaller ones used for TV, radio, and theatres. Historical usage In German-speaking countries during the approximate period 1500–1800, the word often designated the director of music for a monarch or nobleman. For English speakers, it is this sense of the term that is most often encountered, since it appears frequently in biographical writing about composers who worked in German-speaking countries. During that period, in Italy, the position (Italian: ''maestro di capella'') largely referred to directors of music assigned to cathedrals and sacred institutions rather than those under royal or aristocratic patronage. A Kapellmeister position was a senior one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aachen
Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm (Rur), Wurm River, a tributary of the Rur (river), Rur, and together with Mönchengladbach, it is the only larger German city in the drainage basin of the Meuse. It is the westernmost larger city in Germany, lying approximately west of Cologne and Bonn, directly bordering Belgium in the southwest, and the Netherlands in the northwest. The city lies in the Meuse–Rhine Euroregion and is the seat of the Aachen (district), district of Aachen ''(Städteregion Aachen)''. The once Celts, Celtic settlement was equipped with several in the course of colonization by Roman people, Roman pioneers settling at the warm Aachen thermal springs around the 1st cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Oberer) as well as musicology (with Emil Platen and Günther Massenkeil at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In 1970 he passed his Staatsexamen and in 1977 he was awarded a doctorate with the work ''Das musikalische Kunstwerk''. He then worked as a research assistant at the Department of Philosophy and later at the Department of Musicology of the Bonn University. In the 1970s and 80s he conducted the university orchestra ''Camerata musicale'' (today Uniorchester Bonn - Camerata musicale). In 1985 he won his habilitation with a thesis about ''Max Regers sketches and drafts'' and became Privatdozent. From 1987 to 1989 he was a substitute professor for musicology at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (since 2001 Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 US, it was 2018 on the annual "Want List" of the music magazine ''Fanfare''. Life Kopitz studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" (1975–1980) and at the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1985–1987), where he was a pupil of Georg Katzer. Later he worked at the theatre in Neustrelitz, at the Berlin University of the Arts (since 2002) and at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (since 2012). Music His compositions are inspired from Classical music, Jazz, Pop and Minimal music, but can not be assigned to any specific style. In particular, his CD ''Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea'' was highly praised by the critics. For Dave Saemann it is "the most titillating CD I've come across in a long time". Huntley Dent calls it "unique among current and past releases". Oliver Buslau stated: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severin Anton Averdonk
Severin Anton Averdonk, real name Anton Clemens Averdonk, (1768 – 1817) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and poet who represented the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution. He wrote the texts for at least one cantata that Ludwig van Beethoven composed. Life Averdonk was a brother of the court singer Johanna Helene Averdonk. He completed five high school classes in Bonn and received numerous awards. He then attended two philosophical courses at university and began studying theology in 1789. Averdonk was supported by Eulogius Schneider. In 1790 the latter suggested the should commission a cantata on the deceased emperor Joseph II in order to make the funeral ceremonies worthy. For this an elegy should be used, which Averdonk, at that time " Canon Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross" in , candidate at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn by then had already written. It bore the title ''Ode auf den Tod Josephs und Elisens''. Beethov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph II
Joseph II (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Leopold II, Maria Carolina of Austria, and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the union of the Houses of Habsburg and Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine. Joseph was a proponent of enlightened absolutism like his brother Leopold II; however, his commitment to secularizing, liberalizing and modernizing reforms resulted in significant opposition, which resulted in failure to fully implement his programs. Meanwhile, despite making some territorial gains, his reckless foreign policy badly isolated Austria. He has been ranked with Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia as one of the three great Enlightenment monarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantata On The Death Of Emperor Joseph II
Ludwig van Beethoven's Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87 is a cantata with a libretto by Severin Anton Averdonk (1768-1817), written in 1790 and intended for a memorial service for Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor to be held in Bonn. Composed when Beethoven was nineteen, it was neither published, nor apparently performed until it premiered in Vienna in November 1884, fifty-seven years after Beethoven's death, and it was first printed in an 1888 supplement to the ''Complete Works''. It remains one of Beethoven's lesser-known works. Another cantata written more or less in tandem with WoO 87 is the Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO 88. Structure The cantata, written in C minor, has seven movements. # Coro. Largo - Larghetto (C minor) # Recitativo. Presto (A minor) # Aria. Allegro maestoso - Allegro assai (D major) # Aria con Coro. Andante con moto (F major) # Recitativo. Largo (D minor) # Aria. Adagio con affetto (E♭ major) # Coro. Largo - Larghet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola
The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth higher) and the cello (which is tuned an octave lower). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4. In the past, the viola varied in size and style, as did its names. The word ''viola'' originates from the Italian language. The Italians often used the term '' viola da braccio'', meaning, literally, 'of the arm'. "Brazzo" was another Italian word for the viola, which the Germans adopted as ''Bratsche''. The French had their own names: ''cinquiesme'' was a small viola, ''haute contre'' was a large viola, and ''taile'' was a tenor. Today, the French use the term ''alto'', a reference to its range. The viola was popular in the heyday of five-part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical period to the Romantic music, Romantic era. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterised as heroic. During this time, Beethoven began to grow increasingly Hearing loss, deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression. Born in Bonn, Beethoven displayed his musical talent at a young age. He was initially taught intensively by his father, Johann van Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Vohs
Johann Heinrich Andreas Vohs (probably 16 March 1763 in Kleve – 16 July 1804 in Stuttgart) was a German actor and singer. Life From 1787 Vohs belonged to the touring troupe of Christian Wilhelm Klos, who played in the Rhineland, and from 1789 to February 1790 to the Theater Bonn, where the young Ludwig van Beethoven played in the orchestra. He then joined Peter Matthias Rheinberg's touring troupe. On 30 May 1792 Vohs made his debut in Weimar, where he met great success in the role of Carl Moor in Schiller's drama ''The Robbers'' on 9 June. Goethe soon entrusted him with the direction. On 29 June 1793 he married the 14 years younger actress Friederike Porth with whom he had five children. Other important roles included Max Piccolomini in '' Die Piccolomini'' (premiere on 30 January 1799) and '' Wallenstein's Death'' (premiere on 20 April 1799) as well as the title role in ''Macbeth'' in Schiller's arrangement (premiere on 14 May 1800). In the world premiere of Schiller's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Baptist Spitzeder
Johann Baptist Spitzeder (24 December 1764 – 2 October 1842) was an Austrian actor and bass singer. Life Born in Salzburg, Spitzeder was a son of Franz Anton Spitzeder (1732–1796), Mozart's first biographer. From 1786 to 1788 he was engaged by the society of Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann and its co-director Christian Wilhelm Klos, which played in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn and Aachen. From there he moved to the Theater Bonn, which opened on 3 January 1789. The young Ludwig van Beethoven played viola in the orchestra of the theater. At the beginning, the ensemble also included Carl Demmer, Joseph Lux and Heinrich Vohs as well as music director Friedrich August Burgmüller. From November 1796 Spitzeder is traceable at the society of Karl Haßloch in Kassel and made his debut on 27 September 1799 in Weimar as Osmin in Mozart's Singspiel ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail''. In 1804 he was briefly active at the Theater an der Wien where he got into great financial troub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lux (actor)
Joseph Lux (January 1757 – 9 May 1818) was a German actor and operatic bass, who appeared especially in comic roles. Life Born in Glatz, Lux was first engaged from 1783/84 in Johann Heinrich Böhm's travelling troupe. In 1786 he changed to Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann, who at this time had joined the theatre entrepreneur Christian Wilhelm Klos and played in the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bonn. The music director of the company was Friedrich August Burgmüller. The important ensemble, which last performed in Aachen, gave rise to the Bonner Nationaltheater, which was subsidized by Elector Maximilian Franz with 15,000 Reichstalers per year and opened on 3 January 1789. Lux soon assumed a central position there. On 2 October 1789 he was also employed as a court musician. Temporarily, until February 1790, the Bonner Theater also included Heinrich Vohs. Through his activities Lux came into close contact with the young Ludwig van Beethoven and accompanied him and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
