Benedikt Schack
Benedikt Emanuel Schack , also written Benedikt Emanuel Schak , (born February 7, 1758 in Mirotice , Bohemia , † December 10, 1826 in Munich ) was an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ) and composer .
Life
In 1773 Schack was a choraleist at the St. Vitus Church in Prague . He studied in 1775 /? in Vienna medicine and philosophy and took composition and singing lessons from Karl Frieberth . In 1780 Schack became Kapellmeister to Prince Heinrich von Schönaich-Carolath in Lower Silesia . After the chapel was closed in 1784, he moved through the country as a music dealer. In May 1786 he was engaged in Salzburg by the theater director Emanuel Schikaneder , in whose ensemble he went to Augsburg and Regensburg. When Schikaneder canceled his contract in Regensburg in May 1789, Schack accompanied him to Vienna. In the local Theater auf der Wieden on September 30, 1791, he sang the role of Tamino in the world premiere of Mozart's Magic Flute . He was also one of the singers with whom Mozart rehearsed parts of his Requiem the day before his death . Contrary to a widespread misunderstanding, Schack was not a flutist and in the role of Tamino did not play the flute himself.
literature
- Theodore Albrecht: Anton Dreyssig (c1753 / 4–1820). Mozart's and Beethoven's 'Magic Flutist'. In: Dorothea Link, Judith Nagley (Ed.): Words About Mozart. Essays in Honor of Stanley Sadie . The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk 2005, ISBN 0-85115-794-7 , pp. 179-192.
- Rudolph Angermüller: Schikaneder's Regensburg schedule from 1787. In: Mozart-Jahrbuch 1987/88, ISSN 0342-0256 , pp. 225–232.
- David J. Book: Schack, Benedikt. 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)
- Hans Michel Schletterer : Schack, Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 486-489.
- Anton Würz: Schak, Benedikt Emanuel. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 11 (Rasch - Schnyder von Wartensee). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1963, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 1542-1544 (= Digital Library Volume 60, pp. 66269-66275).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schack (Cziak), Benedict . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, p. 35 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Žák, Benedict . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1890, p. 100 ( digitized version ).
- Benedict Schack. [Obituary]. In: General musical newspaper . Vol. 29, No. 30, July 25, 1827, Col. 519-521 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Web links
- Works by and about Benedikt Schack in the catalog of the German National Library
- Benedikt Schack in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Works by and about Benedikt Schack at Open Library
- List of stage works by Benedikt Schack based on the MGG at Operone
Individual evidence
- ↑ different information December 11, 1826 in: Hans Michel Schletterer : Schack, Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 486-489.
- ^ Obituary for Benedikt Schack in the Allgemeine Musical Zeitung , 1827. Quoted from: Christoph Wolff: Mozarts Requiem. History - music - documents. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1991, ISBN 3-7618-1242-6 , p. 126 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schack, Benedict |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schak, Benedikt Emanuel; Schack, Benedikt Emanuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (tenor) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mirotice , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1826 |
| Place of death | Munich |