Anna Bochkoltz

Anna Bochkoltz. Engraving printed by Schott, Mainz oj

Anna Juliane Bochkoltz (also Bochkoltz-Falconi ) (born March 11, 1815 in Trier ; died December 24, 1879 in Paris) was a German soprano , opera singer , chamber singer and composer .

Life

Her parents were the lawyer Johnann Friedrich Joseph Bockholtz and Barbara Bochkoltz, b. Angry.

On August 26, 1824, her parents were godparents of Karl Marx's siblings . Anna Bochkoltz was nicknamed Nanny.

From 1831 to 1833 she gave drawing lessons at her mother's private school. Her first singing teacher is said to have been Stephan Dunst (died in Trier in 1838). Anna Bochkoltz also had contact with Jenny von Westphalen , who later became the wife of Karl Marx .

In 1843 she gave her first concert in Trier. In 1844 she studied at the Conservatory in Brussels and in 1845 in Paris. A year later she became "Membre Solo de la Sociètè du Conservatoire de Paris".

She has made guest appearances as a concert singer in Paris, London, Berlin and also in Trier. In the 1850s she made guest appearances on the opera stages in Wiesbaden , Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Coburg .

Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi

From 1856 to 1873 she lived in Vienna and gave singing lessons there. Students were Ottilie Ebner (1836–1920), Wilhelmine Raab (1848–1917), Ida Benza (1846–1889) and Hermann Rosenberg (1849–1911). In the last years of her life she lived in Strasbourg and Paris. There she died unmarried on December 24, 1879.

“[She ...] was generally considered to be one of the most important dramatic coloratura sopranos of her generation in Germany. Contemporary reports highlight the breadth of her vocal range, "which ranged from the small Eb to the three-stroke C. Her [...] brilliant roles were Donna Anna in Don Giovanni , Leonore in Fidelio , the heroine in Bellini's Norma and Agathe in Freischütz . "

Works

Singer's morning hours or full studies for tone formation and throat dexterity. Dedicated to your students . CA Spina, Vienna (1869).

Compositions

Evening song. Poem by N. Lenau . B. Schott's sons, Mainz 1845. Digitized
- Evening song. Poem by N. Lenau. Dedicated to the Prince of Moskova. 2nd episode of the song collection with piano-forte accompaniment No. 184 . Schott, Mainz, Antwerp, Brussels around 1846.
Spring proclamation by Heinrich Hoffmann . For a voice with accompaniment from the pianoforte . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1846. Digitized
- The spring-welcome . oo 1853.
- Retour du printemps. Paroles françaises de Louis Danglas, d'après Hoffmann . J. Maho, Paris 1860. (= Six mélodies avec accompagnement de piano 6)
Warning of the Rhine. Poem by Carl Simrock . Set to music for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte . B. Schott's sons, Mainz 1847. Digitized
- Ne vas [sic] pas sur les rives du Rhin. Paroles de Belanger, d'apres Simrock . J. Maho, Paris 1860 (= Six mélodies avec accompagnement de piano 5)
Ghost voices from Agnes Franz . For a voice with accompaniment from the pianoforte . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1847. Digitized
In the distance. Poem by M. v. François , Set to music for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte . B. Schott's sons, Mainz 1847. Digitized
Two songs with accompaniment of the pianoforte . C. Simrock, Bonn 1847 digitized .
Two songs for soprano with accompaniment of the pianoforte. Selected. Glöggl, Vienna 1855.
Song by H. Heine . (Vocals, piano.) . F. Glöggl, Vienna undated
- Un astre se détache. Paroles de Duesberg, d'après Heine . J. Maho, Paris 1860. (= Six mélodies avec accompagnement de piano 3)
Chantons la chansonnette. Paroles de Duesberg, d'apres Chamisso . J. Maho, Paris 1860. (= Six mélodies avec accompagnement de piano 4)

Letters

To C. Raitz. Unknown January 1, 1851.
To Franz von Dingelstedt . Homburg, September 17, 1851.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Homburg, September 17, 1851.
To Louis Spohr . Homburg, September 19, 1851.
To Jenny Marx. London, July 3, 1852.
To Franz Paul Lachner . London, July 12, 1852.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Frankfurt am Main, September 30, 1852.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Frankfurt am Main, undated.
To Henkel. Hamburg, October 2, 1851.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. (Business card). Munich, October 19, 1852.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Munich, October 21, 1852.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Munich, October 27, 1852.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Berlin, August 22, 1853.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Berlin, August 30, 1853.
To Franz von Dingelstedt. Berlin, September 12, 1853.
To [unknown recipient]. Coburg, May 24, 1854.
To Ernst Lampert. N / A, September 24, 1854.
To [unknown recipient]. Gotha, March 26, 1855.
To Benelli. Paris October 15, 1856.
To Henkel. Frankfurt, February 2, 1859.
To [unknown recipient]. o. O., without date.
To [unknown recipient]. Vienna, February 25, 1866.
To [unknown recipient]. o. O. 1866.
To Henkel. o. O., without date.
To Nicolaus Dumba . April 6, 1868.
To JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung. Vienna, July 10, 1870.
To JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung. Baden-Baden, September 22, 1873.

Appearances

1850 in Palermo
November 1, 1851 Appearance at La Scala in Milan . Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , Lo frate 'nnamorato .

April 2, 1854 Role in the world premiere of the opera Santa Chiara, which was composed by Duke Ernst II in Coburg.

April 15, 1854 St. Thomas Church , Leipzig

December 1854 First performance of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser in Coburg. She sang Elisabeth with the tenor Julius Réer in the title role.

Fidelio in Munich on October 21, 1852 .

February 4, 1858 in Rotterdam .

February 26, 1859. City Theater Düsseldorf . Don Giovanni . “Guest performance of the herzogl. Saxon chamber singer Miss. Bochkolz-Falkoni ”.

literature

Gustav Bereths: Music Chronicle of the City of Trier 1800–1850 . Part 1. The concert and club system . Schott, Mainz 1978. ISBN 978-3-7957-1317-1
Heinz Monz: Bochkoltz, Anna Juliane . In: Heinz Monz (ed.): Trier biographical lexicon . Landesarchivverwaltung, Koblenz 2000. ISBN 3-931014-49-5 , p. 35.
"Falconi, Anna" . In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 9783598440885 , p. 1389.

Web links

Anna Bochkoltz in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

↑ Your father "godfather" at the baptism of Karl Marx to his sister Henriette Marx. Her mother was Hermann Marx's godmother. (Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings. Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-89144-185-1 , pp. 833-834.)
^ Family Marx private. The photo and questionnaire albums of Marx's daughters Laura and Jenny. An annotated facsimile edition . Edited by Izumi Omura, Valerij Fomičev, Rolf Hecker and Shun-ichi Kubo. With an essay by Iring Fetscher , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2005. ISBN 3-05-004118-8 , p. 365.
^ Peter Clive: Brahms and His World. A Biographical Dictionary . Scarecrow Press, 2006, p. 110.
^ Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, pp. 3803-3804.
^ Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 351.
^ Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 4010.
^ Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 1389.
^ " Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia in deepest reverence".
↑ Dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy .
↑ Contains: “A star falls down” and “Just recently sung”.
^ University library Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Main. Autogr: A. Bockholtz-Falconi.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,486.
^ Second letter with the same date. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,486.
^ University Library Kassel, State Library and Murhard Library. Ms.Hass. 287.
↑ Rolf Hecker, Angelika Limmroth (ed.): Jenny Marx. The letters . Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-320-02297-6 , p. 149.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,487.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,489.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,491.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 3.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,493.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,494.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,495.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,498.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,499.
^ Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,500.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 1.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 17.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 18.
↑ Bibliothèque-musée de l'opéra - magasin de la Réserve.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 5.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 4.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 2.
^ University library Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Main. Autogr: A. Bockholtz-Falconi.
↑ State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 13.
↑ Austrian National Library. Collection of manuscripts and old prints. Autogr. 501 / 1-1 Han.
^ German literature archive, Marbach, Neckar. Manuscript Department. Cotta $ Br.
^ German literature archive, Marbach, Neckar. Manuscript Department. Cotta $ Br.
^ Teatri, arti e letteratura . Bologna 1850
^ Lo frate 'nnamorato at RISM
↑ Luigi Romani: Teatro alla Scala cronologia di tutti gli spettacoli rappresentati in questo teatro dal giorno del solenne suo aprimento sino ad oggi compilate . Milano 1862, p. 111.
^ Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 1389.
↑ Dominik Höink, Rebekka Sandmeier (ed.): Performances of Handel's oratorios in German-speaking countries (1800–1900) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014, No. 357.
↑ OPERISSIMO, Milan. Incomplete source information
↑ Baierscher courier . No. 214 of October 24, 1852, p. 1180. Digitized
↑ Süddeutsche Musik-Zeitung . No. 7 of February 15, 1858, p. 28.

personal data
SURNAME	Bochkoltz, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bochkoltz, Anna Juliane (name at birth); Falconi, Anna (stage name); Bochkoltz, Nanny (stage name); Bochkoltz-Falkoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	trier
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1879
Place of death	Paris

[1] Your father "godfather" at the baptism of Karl Marx to his sister Henriette Marx. Her mother was Hermann Marx's godmother. (Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings. Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-89144-185-1 , pp. 833-834.)

[2] Family Marx private. The photo and questionnaire albums of Marx's daughters Laura and Jenny. An annotated facsimile edition . Edited by Izumi Omura, Valerij Fomičev, Rolf Hecker and Shun-ichi Kubo. With an essay by Iring Fetscher , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2005. ISBN 3-05-004118-8 , p. 365.

[3] Peter Clive: Brahms and His World. A Biographical Dictionary . Scarecrow Press, 2006, p. 110.

[4] Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, pp. 3803-3804.

[5] Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 351.

[6] Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 4010.

[7] Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 1389.

[8] " Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia in deepest reverence".

[9] Dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy .

[10] Contains: “A star falls down” and “Just recently sung”.

[11] University library Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Main. Autogr: A. Bockholtz-Falconi.

[12] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,486.

[13] Second letter with the same date. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,486.

[14] University Library Kassel, State Library and Murhard Library. Ms.Hass. 287.

[15] Rolf Hecker, Angelika Limmroth (ed.): Jenny Marx. The letters . Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-320-02297-6 , p. 149.

[16] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,487.

[17] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,489.

[18] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,491.

[19] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 3.

[20] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,493.

[21] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,494.

[22] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,495.

[23] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,498.

[24] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,499.

[25] Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden. Mscr.Dresd.App.1205,500.

[26] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 1.

[27] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 17.

[28] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 18.

[29] Bibliothèque-musée de l'opéra - magasin de la Réserve.

[30] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 5.

[31] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 4.

[32] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 2.

[33] University library Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Main. Autogr: A. Bockholtz-Falconi.

[34] State Library, Berlin. Music department. Mus.ep. Bochkoltz-Falconi, A. 13.

[35] Austrian National Library. Collection of manuscripts and old prints. Autogr. 501 / 1-1 Han.

[36] German literature archive, Marbach, Neckar. Manuscript Department. Cotta $ Br.

[37] German literature archive, Marbach, Neckar. Manuscript Department. Cotta $ Br.

[38] Teatri, arti e letteratura . Bologna 1850

[39] Lo frate 'nnamorato at RISM

[40] Luigi Romani: Teatro alla Scala cronologia di tutti gli spettacoli rappresentati in questo teatro dal giorno del solenne suo aprimento sino ad oggi compilate . Milano 1862, p. 111.

[41] Karl Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens, p. 1389.

[42] Dominik Höink, Rebekka Sandmeier (ed.): Performances of Handel's oratorios in German-speaking countries (1800–1900) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014, No. 357.

[43] OPERISSIMO, Milan. Incomplete source information

[44] Baierscher courier . No. 214 of October 24, 1852, p. 1180. Digitized

[45] Süddeutsche Musik-Zeitung . No. 7 of February 15, 1858, p. 28.