Bernhard Tittel

Bernhard Tittel (born January 6, 1873 in Vienna ; † December 24, 1942 there ) was an Austrian conductor and composer . From 1903 to 1907 he was chief conductor of the Stadttheater-Orchester Halle . After working in Vienna for several years, he was general music director at the Royal Opera in Budapest from 1923 to 1928 .

Life

Bernhard Tittel was born in Vienna in 1873 and attended high school there. He was a student of the Vienna Cäcilien-Verein and studied at the music academy in his hometown, where Joseph Hellmesberger , Robert Fuchs and Ferdinand Löwe were among his teachers. He then worked as an organist at various Vienna churches.

From 1897 to 1901 he was solo coach and conductor at the court theater in Karlsruhe. In 1901 he went to the Stadttheater Halle as Kapellmeister . From 1903 to 1907 he was chief conductor of the city theater orchestra there . In 1907 he moved to the Nuremberg City Theater .

In 1912/13 he was Kapellmeister at the Vienna Volksoper and from 1915 to 1922 at the Vienna Court Opera . His repertoire included a. Verdi's A Masked Ball and Rigoletto , Bizet's Carmen , Wagner's The Flying Dutchman and Flotow's Martha . During his years in Vienna he also conducted the Philharmonic repeatedly . In 1920 he founded the symphony subscription concerts named after him. From 1923 to 1928 he was general music director at the Royal Opera in Budapest.

In addition, he composed several works a. a. Choirs and overtures as well as the symphony in D minor (performed several times under his direction by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra ) and the opera Cesare Borgias Ende , which premiered in 1906 at the Stadttheater Halle.

Tittel died in 1942 and was buried in the Hietzingen cemetery in Vienna's 13th district.

literature

Tittel, Bernhard . In: Paul Frank: Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. For musicians and friends of music . Edited by Wilhelm Altmann , 12th, very expanded edition, Carl Merseburger, Leipzig 1926.
Tittel, Bernhard . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 54 .
Tittel, Bernhard . In: Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . Biographical and bibliographical manual . Volume 4: Singer - Tzschoppe . De Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-907820-30-4 , p. 2606.
Tittel, Bernhard . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
Tittel, Bernhard . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.

Web links

Bernhard Tittel in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Tittel, Bernhard . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
↑ Tittel, Bernhard . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tittel, Bernhard . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 54 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tittel, Bernhard . In: Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . Biographical and bibliographical manual . Volume 4: Singer - Tzschoppe . De Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-907820-30-4 , p. 2606.
↑ ^a ^b Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Edited by the Halle Opera House, Halle / Saale 1997, no p.
↑ ^a ^b Bernhard Tittel in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
↑ Bernhard Tittel , wienersymphoniker.at, accessed May 8, 2020.
^ Clemens M. Gruber: Famous graves in Vienna. From the Capuchin Crypt to the Central Cemetery . Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-205-77007-2 , p. 88.

personal data
SURNAME	Tittel, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1942
Place of death	Vienna

[Müller-1] Tittel, Bernhard . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.

[Riemann-2] Tittel, Bernhard . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.

[DBE-3] Tittel, Bernhard . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 54 .

[Kosch-4] Tittel, Bernhard . In: Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . Biographical and bibliographical manual . Volume 4: Singer - Tzschoppe . De Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-907820-30-4 , p. 2606.

[Range-5] Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Edited by the Halle Opera House, Halle / Saale 1997, no p.

[WienWiki-6] Bernhard Tittel in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

[7] Bernhard Tittel , wienersymphoniker.at, accessed May 8, 2020.

[8] Clemens M. Gruber: Famous graves in Vienna. From the Capuchin Crypt to the Central Cemetery . Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-205-77007-2 , p. 88.