Benjamin Bilse
Johann Ernst Benjamin Bilse (born August 17, 1816 in Liegnitz , Silesia , † July 13, 1902 there ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Bilse learned the profession of “city music”, in this training he learned how to use almost all of the orchestra's instruments. In Vienna he took violin lessons from the famous violinist Josef Böhm and played in the band of Johann Strauss (father) . In 1842 he was appointed director of the Liegnitz city band. From 1867 the ensemble, which was now called the “Bilse'sche Kapelle”, played in the Berlin Concerthaus on Leipziger Strasse . The legendary “Bilse Concerts” took place here, more than three thousand in number, which Adolph Menzel , among others, immortalized in an oil painting (1871). Extensive concert tours took the musicians across Europe, including to St. Petersburg, Riga, Warsaw, Amsterdam and Vienna and in 1867 to the World Exhibition in Paris, where Johann Strauss (son) conducted the Danube Waltz with them .
In 1882 there was a dispute with the musicians, 54 of Bilse's best-trained musicians separated from him and founded the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (the orchestra was called this until it was converted into the “Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker ” in 2002). Bilse did not remain idle and immediately founded a new orchestra.
The Benjamin Bilse Society, headed by Jochen Georg Güntzel, researches his life and work. He was a member of the Liehnitz Freemason Lodge Pythagoras to the three heights .
Works
Bilse composed numerous waltzes , polkas , quadrilles and marches , 42 of which were printed.
literature
- Rudolf Elvers: Bilse, Benjamin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 241 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Benjamin Bilse in the International Music Score Library Project
- Jochen Georg Güntzel: Benjamin Bilse (1816–1902): From “Stadtmusicus” to celebrated conductor . Exhibition of the Lippische Landesbibliothek Detmold and the Bilse-Gesellschaft.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The three crises of the Philharmonic . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 1, 2007
- ↑ History of the orchestra ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilse, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bilse, Johann Ernst Benjamin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1902 |
| Place of death | Liegnitz , Silesia |