Adalbert Keler

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Kéler Béla

Albert Paul Keler (Adalbert Paul von Keler), Hungarian Kéler Béla (born February 13, 1820 in Bártfa (German Bartfeld ), Hungary ; † November 20, 1882 in Wiesbaden , Germany ) was a Hungarian composer . He comes from a Carpathian German family from Bartfeld.

Life

After studying law and agriculture, Keler was a student of Simon Sechter , Anton Bruckner's teacher . He became a violinist at the Theater an der Wien and worked as a conductor in Berlin from 1854 to 1856 . He was Kapellmeister of the 10th Infantry Regiment in Galicia for seven years before he settled as music director in Wiesbaden.

Béla Kéler is now an almost forgotten composer. He composed numerous marches and dances that are attributed to salon music. His comedy overture in E flat major op. 73, the Hungarian comedy overture in A major op. 108 and the waltz Am Schöne Rhein I commemorate your op. 83 for choir and piano or salon orchestra have remained popular.

Keler died in Wiesbaden in 1882 and was buried in the north cemetery there. His estate is exhibited in the Šariš Museum in Bardejov, his birthplace in Slovakia today.

Awards and honors

reception

The Spanish-born American composer Claudio S. Grafulla arranged Keler's Hungarian Storm March to the Hurray Storm Gallop .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Lighting Beetle (www.lbstudio.sk): Béla Kéler (1820–1882). Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  2. Composer's heritage to the town of Bardejov. In: muzeumbardejov.sk. Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
  3. ^ Golden award "Litteris et Artibus". In: muzeumbardejov.sk. Retrieved on August 1, 2020 (English, original gold medal in the Šariš Museum in the city of Bardejov (Kéler's birthplace)).