Antonio Rosetti

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Antonio Rosetti

Antonio Rosetti (* 1750 in Leitmeritz ; † June 30, 1792 in Ludwigslust ) was a German composer and conductor . Many of his works were later published under the name Anton Rösler (also Anton Rössler ) or Franz Anton Rösler .

Rosetti's origin and name

Antonio Rosetti was probably born in 1750 in Leitmeritz in northern Bohemia . A corresponding entry is missing in the church register. It was therefore assumed that his name could also have been Anton Rös (s) ler . But there is no entry for this name either. His marriage entry in Wallerstein's church register only notes the name Antonio Rosetti and the place of birth Leitmeritz. As far as is known, he never called himself anything else than Anton or Antonio Rosetti . Even in his lifetime, however, it was said: "We patriots call him by his name Rößler"

The information on the early biography that can be found in almost all reference works comes from the article Still something by Rosetti (1792) in the musical correspondence published by Heinrich Philipp Bossler . Although it has not been possible to substantiate this information for the most part from the archives, it can still be classified as reliable, as Bossler was in close personal contact with Rosetti. Bossler also writes in the article in question: "His name was never Rösler, but Rosetti from birth". But he then shows through an anecdote that there were confusions even during Rosetti's lifetime, which apparently were deliberately brought about.

The often mentioned first name Franz is based on a mistake by a musicologist who took a Franz Anton Rösler, born 1746, for Antonio Rosetti. However, this Franz Anton Rösler was a shoemaker.

Rosetti probably received his musical training from the Jesuits in Prague. After that he led a wandering life for some time. There is evidence that Rosetti was in the service of a Count Orlov in Russia in the early 1770s.

Artistic work

From autumn 1773 he was employed as a servant and musician (double bass player) in the court orchestra of Prince Kraft Ernst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein . ( Shortly before, Mozart had tried in vain to enter the service of this prince.)

At the end of 1781 Rosetti traveled to Paris , where he was very successful with his compositions. In May 1782 he returned to Wallerstein. Many of his works were subsequently published not only by Pariser, but also by other European publishers. He became one of the most popular composers of his time.

After Joseph Reicha left in 1785, Rosetti was appointed Kapellmeister of the Wallersteiner Hofkapelle; he had presumably conducted the orchestra many times before.

Plagued by constant financial worries, he switched to the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Ludwigslust as Kapellmeister in 1789 . Rosetti's income multiplied with this step; there were also various allowances in kind.

When Rosetti died on June 30, 1792, he left behind his wife and three daughters. The Princely House suspended a pension, and two of Rosetti's daughters were later employed as court singers. The administrative lawyer Karl Prosch was his grandson.

On December 14, 1791, on the occasion of the Prague funeral service for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a requiem by Rosetti was performed, which Rosetti had already composed in 1776 for the death of Prince Kraft-Ernst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein's wife.

memory

Ludwigslust, Am Bassin 5,6,7

Some of the court musicians lived in the listed Ludwigsluster house at Am Bassin 7 . It was renovated in 2007 and set up as the Rosetti House in memory of the court orchestra and the conductor Rosetti.

Works

  • 43 symphonies
  • 16 concerts for the solo instruments piano, violin, viola, flute, oboe, horn and clarinet
  • about 20 harmony music
  • numerous works of chamber music
  • Piano music
  • Songs
  • religious music

Catalog raisonnés

  • Sterling E. Murray: The Music of Antonio Rosetti. A Thematic Catalog. Warren, Mich .: Harmonie Park Press, 1996. ISBN 0-89990-105-0
  • older catalog raisonné by Oskar Kaul

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Roessler, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, pp. 250–253 ( digitized version ).
  • Heinrich Philipp Bossler: Something else from Rosetti. In: Musical correspondence of the German Filharmonic Society for the year 1792. Sp. 147–148. ( Digitized version )
  • Robert Haas : Anton Rösler's Requiem for Mozart . Eger 1930
  • Günther Grünsteudel : Wallerstein. Swabian Mannheim. Accompanying volume for the exhibition of the Augsburg University Library, Wallerstein, Neues Schloß, June 1 - July 9, 2000. Rieser Kulturtage, Nördlingen 2000, ISBN 3-923373-43-0 . ( Excerpt ( memento from November 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today ))
  • Günther Grünsteudel: The "Swabian Mannheim". On the history of the Wallersteiner Hofkapelle. In: Rosetti Forum. 2, 2001, pp. 19–28 ( digitized version )
  • Günther Grünsteudel: Rosetti in Russian service - another find. In: Rosetti Forum. 3, 2002, pp. 67-71 ( digitized ; PDF; 90 kB)
  • Günther Grünsteudel: The king loves his compositions extremely… . Rosetti and Bossler in Berlin 1792. In: Rosetti Forum. 6, 2005, pp. 23–32 ( digitized version ; PDF; 47 kB)
  • Günther Grünsteudel:  Rosetti, Antonio. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 14 (Riccati - Schönstein). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1134-9  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Stephan Hörner :  Rosetti, Antonio. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , pp. 89-91 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans-Joachim Schädlich: Concert Spiritual . In: over . Three stories. Reinbek 2007, pp. 123-159.
  • Roland Biener: The sacred works of Antonio Rosetti. Works - sources - questions of authenticity. ortus musikverlag 2012. ISBN 978-3-937788-27-2
  • Sterling E. Murray: The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister. The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti. (Eastman Studies in Music Series) Boydell & Brewer 2014. ISBN 978-1-58046-467-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HP Bossler in: Musical correspondence of the German Filharmonic Society for the year 1792, column 3
  2. ↑ Bossler reports in the musical correspondence of the German Filharmonic Society for the year 1792, column 83 f., How he met his "old friend" again
  3. ↑ HP Bossler in: Musical correspondence of the Teutonic Filharmonischen company for the year 1792, Sp f 147th.
  4. ^ Günther Grünsteudel: Rosetti in Russian service - a recent find. In: Rosetti Forum. 3, 2002, pp. 67-71 ( digitized ; PDF; 90 kB)
  5. ↑ The whole section follows the argumentation in the publications of the Rosetti Society, z. T. can be found online.
  6. ^ Message from the Prince. Wallerstein court chapel . In: Musical real newspaper . No. 7 , August 13, 1788, Sp. 52 ff . ( onb.ac.at ).
  7. ↑ Rosettistube ( memento from January 18, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on January 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Rosetti, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rösler, Anton; Rössler, Anton; Rösler, Franz Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Kapellmeister
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Leitmeritz
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1792
Place of death Ludwigslust