Alfons Czibulka

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Alfons Czibulka

Alfons Czibulka (born May 14, 1842 in Kirchdrauf , † October 27, 1894 in Vienna ) was an Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster and composer . He is not related to either the writer Alfons von Czibulka or the composer Adolphi Czibulka.

Life

Initially Czibulka was Kapellmeister at the French Opera in Odessa and at the National Theater in Innsbruck , in 1865 he became 2nd Kapellmeister at the Carltheater in Vienna alongside Franz von Suppè .

From 1866 to 1869 Alfons Czibulka served as military bandmaster with the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 17 in Bolzano , from 1869 to 1870 in the same position with the "23ers" in Peterwardein , then until 1871 with Infantry Regiment No. 20 in Cracow .

Czibulka had successes as a military conductor and dance composer as Kapellmeister with Infantry Regiment No. 25 in Prague from 1872 to 1880. In that year he won the International Concours for Military Orchestra in Brussels as a representative of Austria-Hungary . He dedicated the Stephanie-Gavotte , which became one of the most popular salon music works of the 19th century, to the Belgian Princess Stephanie , who was engaged to Rudolf of Austria-Hungary . (The piece of music was performed in 2018 in the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic , on television combined with a ballet broadcast from the imperial court pavilion of the Hietzing underground station .)

From 1880 to 1883 Czibulka was the military bandmaster of the 44th Infantry Regiment in Trieste . In 1884 his operetta Whitsun was premiered in Florence in Vienna; her triumphal march took her across various stages in Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy to the United States of America.

As a military bandmaster in Infantry Regiment No. 31 in Vienna from 1883 to 1887, he organized well-known “composer evenings” together with the musicians of the “30s” under Carl Czerny (not related to the piano teacher). As a civil music director, Czibulka was among other things conductor of the “Concerthaus Flora” in Hamburg in 1889 . From 1891 to 1894 he served again as a military bandmaster with the "19ers" in Vienna.

Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Alfons Czibulka was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 42 A, Row 3, No. 2).

In 1938 the Czibulkagasse in Vienna- Simmering (11th district) was named after him.

Compositions

Alfons Czibulka wrote around 400 works, mainly marches and Viennese dance music. The operettas Whitsun in Florence (1884) and The Knight of Fortune (1887) had the greatest success of his stage works . A substantial part of his compositions is preserved in the music collection of the Vienna Library in the City Hall .

The most successful were:

  • Archduke Friedrich-Marsch op.286 (1878)
  • Stephanie-Gavotte op.312 (1880)
  • Vom Donaustrand , March op.339 (1887)
  • Love dream after the ball , Intermezzo op.356 (1890)
  • To you! , Waltz Serenade op.390 (1894)

literature

  • Friedrich Anzenberger, Alfons Czibulka (1842-1894), military bandmaster and composer , Vienna City and State Library 2000, Publications of the Vienna City and State Library , Volume 5.
  • Czibulka Alfons. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 164.

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personal data
SURNAME Czibulka, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchdrauf
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1894
Place of death Vienna