Anton Ambrož

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Anton Ambrož (also: Antonín Ambrož , Antal Ambrož and Germanized Anton Ambrosch ; born April 7, 1839 in Humpoletz ; † March 27, 1886 in Kraków ) was a Bohemian composer , military bandmaster and trombonist .

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Ambrož studied music from 1852 to 1858 with the main subjects composition, orchestral direction and trombone at the Prague Conservatory . On June 7, 1859, he began his service as Kapellmeister in the 29th Feldjäger Battalion , for which he composed his own regimental march. He remained as a conductor until December 31, 1867.

His life data are only preserved today in the books of the Military Kapellmeister Pension Association , which he joined as the founder of the association on February 1, 1861. The Czech form "Ambrož" is also used here, while "Ambrosch" is used in German sheet music editions.

Also in 1861 he married Genoveva Ludwik. The marriage had at least four sons, one of whom died at the age of five.

From January 1, 1868, he switched to the 5th Artillery Regiment as Kapellmeister. However, all chapels of the artillery were dissolved on March 1st of this year, on August 1st, 1868 he took over the "57er", where he was stationed in Pest , Vienna , Kaiserebersdorf near Vienna, Olomouc , Opava and Krakow and in Krakow until his Death remained on March 27, 1886. The majority of his compositions were written during his band mastery with the 57th Infantry Regiment.

His best known and most popular work, especially in the Czech Republic and Austria, is the Parade-Defilier-March . Interestingly, the second part of this piece also appears as the second part of the trio in the 1886 March With Sack and Pack by military bandmaster Anton Rosenkranz . The last part of the parade-defiling march also occurs in the Arthold march .

Compositions

Works for wind orchestra

  • 3 parade march
  • 29th Police Battalion March
  • 37th Regimental March (also known as: Inspection March ) - composed on the occasion of the inspection of the 37th Infantry Regiment by Archduke Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria
  • 83 parade march
  • Arthold Marsch (dedicated to the regimental commander (1884–1889) of the 57th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Johann Arthold)
  • Berossini March
  • Direction straight out!
  • Archduke Carl Ferdinand March
  • Archduke Johann March
  • Celebration march
  • Friedrich Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin -Marsch
  • Hermannsthaler March
  • Jubilee march
  • Brave ahead
  • Parade-Defilier-Marsch (Garrisons-Defilier-Marsch) (also known as: 57er Defiliermarsch )
  • Perpic March (dedicated to the regimental commander (1882-1884) of the 57th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Johann Perpic)
  • Soldiers' Friend March (dedicated to Heinrich von Österreich (1828–1891) which is said to have been very popular with the soldiers of his regiment)
  • St. Genois March
  • Treurmarsch

Work for piano

  • Revenge ball , polka française

bibliography

  • Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan : The New Lexicon of Brass Music , 4th Edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
  • Wolfgang Suppan: The new lexicon of brass music , 3rd edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1988, ISBN 3-923058-04-7
  • Wolfgang Suppan: Lexikon des Blasmusikwesen , 2nd supplemented and expanded edition, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Fritz Schulz, 1976
  • Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music , Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
  • Emil Rameis : The Austrian Military Music: from its beginnings to 1918 , in: ALTA MUSICA, Volume 2, International Society for Research and Promotion of Brass Music , (IGEB), Tutzing, Hans Schneider Verlag, 1976, ISBN 3-7952-0174 -8 , ISBN 978-3-7952-0174-6
  • Československý hudební slovník osob a institucí , Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství: 1963, 1965
  • Dr. Johann Branberger: Alphabetical directory of graduates of the Prague Conservatory of Music and the Old Organ School , in: The Conservatory of Music in Prague - On the 100th Anniversary of the Foundation , Prague: Publishing House of the Association for the Promotion of Music in Bohemia, 1911, 399 pp.

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personal data
SURNAME Ambrož, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ambrož, Antonín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer and military musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Humpoletz , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1886
Place of death Krakow