August Iffert

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August Iffert (born August 31, 1859 in Braunschweig , † August 13, 1930 in Dresden ) was a German opera singer (baritone), singing teacher and music writer .

Life

Iffert studied singing in Hanover and Berlin, then worked for a short time as a baritone singer and actor, including Don Fernando in Beethoven's Fidelio and Valentin in Faust by Gounod . In 1884 he left the stage and became a singing teacher in Leipzig. He worked as an internationally renowned professor from 1891 at the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln , went to the Dresden Conservatory in 1893 and in 1904 (or from 1898) in Vienna to the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde . Iffert returned to Dresden around 1909.

Iffert was one of the most important singing teachers of his time, who trained many outstanding artists. These included Frieda Langendorff , Erik Schmedes , Albert Fischer , Ludwig Fränkel , Elise Breuer and Egon Fuchs, but also the musical privateer who lived nearby, the retired General Charles Garke .

Iffert wrote several music theory works, but also much used singing and speaking schools.

From 1909 until his death he lived in Kötzschenbroda, Saxony, in today's Hohen Straße 3. Iffert is buried in the Radebeul-West cemetery. From 1935 to 1966 today's Makarenkostraße in Radebeul bore his name.

Student (selection)

Works

  • General singing school . 1895.
  • Speech school for actors and speakers . 1910.
  • Something from the singing . FEC Leuckart, Leipzig 1929.
  • Speech school for actors and speakers . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1920.

literature

  • Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 , p. 89 .
  2. ↑ August Iffert at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
personal data
SURNAME Iffert, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (baritone), singing teacher and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1930
Place of death Dresden