Alexander Dreyschock
Alexander Dreyschock (born October 15, 1818 in Schak , † April 1, 1869 in Venice ) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer .
Life
Dreyschock was a student of Wenzel Johann Tomaschek . He appeared in public at the age of eight. After having traveled all over Europe (including Germany, Holland, France, England and Austria) as a piano virtuoso for years, he settled in Saint Petersburg in 1862 . There he was director of the theater music school, court pianist and teacher at the conservatory. In his time he was considered the most important piano virtuoso alongside Franz Liszt and the Hummel student Sigismund Thalberg .
Dreyschock emerged as a composer of virtuoso salon music. There are three rhapsodies , the Soirée d'hiver Suite , the Brilliant Rondo , an Impromptu en forme d'une Mazurka , a Great Fantasy and the Concert Piece in C minor. His most important works are the D minor piano sonata from 1845 and the piano concerto in D minor from 1860.
His younger brother is the violinist Raimund Dreyschock , since 1845 second concertmaster alongside Ferdinand David at the Gewandhaus, violin teacher at the conservatory.
Discography
- Dreyschock, Alexander: Piano Concerto in D minor ( Hyperion Records 1999 - The Romantic Piano Concerto 21
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Dreyschock, Alexander . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 382 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron : Dreyschock, Alexander . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 408 f.
- Dreyschock Alexander. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 201.
Web links
- Works by and about Alexander Dreyschock in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Alexander Dreyschock in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Sheet music and audio files by Alexander Dreyschock in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dreyschock, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Žáky |
DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1869 |
Place of death | Venice |