Alban Förster

Alban Förster (born October 23, 1849 in Reichenbach im Vogtland , † January 18, 1916 in Neustrelitz ) was a German composer .

Life

Förster was a student at the Dresden Conservatory and from 1882 to 1908 court conductor in Neustrelitz, succeeding August Klughardt . He composed operas, symphonic music, chamber music, many piano pieces and songs. Until his retirement in 1908 he was director of the Singakademie.

Works (selection)

op.9 00Musical picture book (piano work)
op.61 0Piano Trio No. 2 (Piano Trio)
op. 097 for youth (piano work)
op. 138 Twelve sound images (piano work)
op.166 Four cheerful male choirs (choral work)
op.172 Piano Trio No. 3 (Piano Trio)
op. 183 Do you want to hear it? Six performance pieces for piano
op. 200 easy sonatina in F (violin sonata)

Web links

Catalog of works at klassika.info
For the 160th birthday of the composer Förster. Intermediate Tones, 2009, No. 2 ( Memento of July 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Sheet music and audio files by Alban Förster in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

^ Lorle (Opera in 4 acts), 1890
↑ Example: Zigeuners Haide-Lied: (for piano two-ed.), Verlag Giessel, 1900
↑ Dietmar Langberg: Imitating nature through art. The theater history of Mecklenburg from its beginnings in the 15th century to 1952 . Grin Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-85226-5 , pp. 132 ( books.google.de [accessed December 23, 2016]).

personal data
SURNAME	Forester, Alban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reichenbach in Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 1916
Place of death	Neustrelitz

[1] Lorle (Opera in 4 acts), 1890

[2] Example: Zigeuners Haide-Lied: (for piano two-ed.), Verlag Giessel, 1900

[3] Dietmar Langberg: Imitating nature through art. The theater history of Mecklenburg from its beginnings in the 15th century to 1952 . Grin Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-85226-5 , pp. 132 ( books.google.de [accessed December 23, 2016]).