Bernhard Porst

Bernhard Porst (born April 8, 1857 in Weimar ; † 1926 ) was a German conductor and music teacher .

Bernhard Porst

Life

Bernhard Porst came from the capital and residence city of Weimar ( Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach ). There he first attended the Grand Ducal Teachers' College . From 1873 to 1876 he switched to the Carl Müllerhartungs orchestral school . As one of his most advanced piano students, he was able to take part in Franz Liszt's lessons.

After his training he became a music teacher ( private tutor ) for the children of the Landgrave of Hesse. At times he lived in Holstein for it . Porst then worked at the theater in Stettin . After his military service he went to the theater in Gdansk .

In 1883 he came to the city theater in Leipzig as music director , where he was responsible for operettas and drama operas . As the second conductor, he then stood next to Richard Hagel and Egon Pollak at the podium. Later he also worked as a concert conductor. In 1918 he was inherited by the Elberfeld Kapellmeister Hans Knappertsbusch after he had previously resigned for health reasons. From 1907 to 1925 he was Heinrich Klesse's successor, director of the “Opera School” at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig .

From 1886 Porst was married to the soprano Ottilie Andes (1864–1909).

Awards

In 1905 he was awarded the Cross of Merit for Art and Science by the Hereditary Prince of Reuss younger line Heinrich (XXVII.) .

literature

• Franz Neubert : German Contemporary Lexicon. Biographical manual of contemporary German men and women . Schulze, Leipzig 1905.

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernhard Porst in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernhard Porst in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personal . In: Zeitschrift für Musik 93 (1926) 10, p. 583.
2. ↑ Wolfram Huschke : Future Music. A history of the Liszt School of Music Weimar . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-412-30905-2 , p. 90.
3. ↑ Editorial collective under the direction of Edgar Hartwig (ed.): Festschrift of the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar, on the hundredth anniversary of its founding as an orchestral school. 1872-1972 . Liszt University of Music, Weimar 1972, p. 27.
4. ↑ Max Steinitzer: From the Leipzig Opera . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 85 (1918) 24/25, pp. 143f.
5. ↑ Criss- cross . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 84 (1917) 10, p. 84.
6. ^ Martin Wehnert, Johannes Forner, Hansachim Schiller: University of Music Leipzig, founded as the Conservatory of Music. [1843-1968] . University of Music, Leipzig 1968, p. 71.
7. ↑ Ottilie Andes (1864-1909) , mahlerfoundation.org, accessed: March 20, 2020.
8. ↑ Chronicle . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 72 (1905) 26/27, p. 571.