August Walter (composer)

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August Walter (born August 12, 1821 in Stuttgart , † January 22, 1896 in Basel ) was a German violinist and composer .

Life

Before August Walter turned to music, he began an apprenticeship as a pastry chef . He was a student of Bernhard Molique , who gave him lessons in violin playing and composition. Further studies led Walter to Simon Sechter in Vienna . In 1846 he went to Basel , where he worked as a music director and music teacher.

August Walter's wife Anna Walter-Strauss was a well-known singer.

Works

Walter caused a sensation with a widely played symphony in E flat major, composed in 1843/44 (among other things by the Vienna Philharmonic in December 1847), which “was still untouched by Schumann and is mainly subject to Beethoven's influence. “Walter's songs also became more popular.

Selection:

  • Symphony in E flat major
  • Octet in B flat major , op.7
  • 3 string quartets
  • Songs, male choirs

literature

  • Arnold Niggli: The artist couple August and Anna Walter-Strauss , Zurich 1896.
  • Swiss Music Dictionary , ed. v. Willi Schuh and Edgar Refardt , Zurich 1939, p. 210.
  • "Walter, August". In: Hermann Mendel and August Reissmann: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon , Vol. 11, Berlin 1879, p. 256

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard von Perger and Robert Hirschfeld: History of the Imperial and Royal Society of Music Friends in Vienna , Vienna 1912, p. 296.
  2. ^ Karl Nef: History of the Symphony , Leipzig 1921, p. 240f.
personal data
SURNAME Walter, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1896
Place of death Basel