Carl Lührß

Carl Lührß (born April 7, 1824 in Schwerin , † November 11, 1882 in Berlin ) was a German composer .

Life

His father was the Schwerin palace organist and court musician Friedrich Lührß, who also gave him his first musical training. From 1840 he studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin , where Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy noticed him and taught him. In 1841 he first appeared publicly as a pianist. From 1847 to 1848 he made a trip to Italy and then returned to Schwerin. In 1851 he took up residence in Berlin.

Lührß was considered a great talent, but largely stopped his composing activity after his marriage to a wealthy woman (1851). His probably last work was premiered in 1874.

He last lived at Derfflingerstraße 14 in Berlin-Tiergarten , where he died at the age of 58.

His estate, consisting of printed music and music manuscripts (5 boxes, approx. 100 volumes), is located at the Berlin University of the Arts .

Numerous works seem to have been lost, including a psalm (1845), the unfinished opera The Siege of Saragossa , the overture of which was performed in 1863, and the overture In Spring (1865).

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

Symphony No. 1 in E flat major (1843)
Symphony No. 2 in D minor (1849)
Violin Concerto in A major (1858), probably composed for Joseph Joachim , but not performed

Chamber music

String Quartet in D minor (1845); First performed on February 17, 1845 in the Berlin Singakademie
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 16. Schlesinger, Berlin 1846
Three violin sonatas op.21. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1850
Piano quartet in A major op.26.Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1855
Violin Sonata in F major op.31.Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1862
String quartet in E major, Op. 38 (1874). Ries & Erler, Berlin 1883

Piano music

Three piano sonatas op.20. Kistner, Leipzig 1850
Fairy tale. Small clay pieces for piano op.25, 3 booklets, dedicated to Wilhelmine Clauss . T. Trautwein, Berlin 1852-1854
Barcarolle G flat major , dedicated to the canoness Emilie von Waldenburg. Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1852
3 Danses brillantes , dedicated to Sophie von Seidlitz. Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1854
- Mazurka in B minor
- Gallop in E flat major
- Valses in B flat major
Three piano sonatas op.33.Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1862
Waltz for piano op.35.Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1872

literature

Hans von Bülow : Newer keyboard compositions by Carl Lührß . in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 42, No. 11 of March 9, 1855, p. 109 f. ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ) and No. 12 of March 16, 1855, pp. 121–123 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Carl Freiherr von Ledebur : Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present . Berlin 1861, p. 338 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Anonymous: Carl Lührß [obituary]. In: Signals for the musical world , issue 63/1882, p. 994 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / smw
Hermann Wichmann : Nekrolog (Carl Lührss) . In: ders .: Collected essays . Volume 1. Ries & Erler, Berlin 1884, pp. 93-99.
Robert Eitner : Lührß, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 623.
Peter Cornelius : Collected essays. Thoughts on Music and Theater, Poetry and Fine Arts , ed. by Günter Wagner and James A. Deaville (= Contributions to Middle Rhine Music History , Volume 38). Schott, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-7957-1340-4 , pp. 152–159.
Christopher Fifield: The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The Fall and Rise of a Genre . Ashgate, Farnham 2015, ISBN 978-1-317-03040-9 , pp. 89 f.

Individual evidence

↑ Berlin address book for the year 1882 , vol. 14, part 1, p. 611: “Lührß, C., composer, W Derfflingerstr. 14 "( digitized )
^ Evidence in the Kalliope network
↑ See Susanne Tomkovič, Christoph Koop, Janina Müller (eds.): Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: All letters . Volume 11. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2016, p. 580
^ Cf. Elisabeth Schmiedel, Joachim Draheim : A family of musicians in the 19th century: Mariane Bargiel, Clara Schumann , Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents . Munich 2007, p. 347
^ Elisabeth Schmiedel, Joachim Draheim : A family of musicians in the 19th century: Mariane Bargiel, Clara Schumann , Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents . Munich 2007, p. 380
↑ First performance in Leipzig on February 27, 1845 in the Gewandhaus there; see. Allgemeine Musikische Zeitung , vol. 47, no. 7 of February 12, 1845, col. 163 ( digitized version )
^ First performance in Leipzig on January 10, 1850 in the Gewandhaus there; see. Signals for the musical world , vol. 8, no. 3 from January 1850, p. 17 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive )
↑ Joseph Joachim wrote in October 1858 from Hanover to Herman Grimm in Berlin: “Did you receive the concert by Lührß that I sent you in the spring before my trip to London, and was it still in safekeeping? I urge you to answer this to me immediately, because I will then write to Lührß to get it from you. ”Cf. letters from and to Joseph Joachim , ed. by Johannes Joachim and Andreas Moser , Volume 2, Berlin 1912, p. 26 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
^ Signals from Berlin. In: Signals for the musical world , issue 10/1845, p. 75 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / smw
↑ First performance on January 3, 1874 in Berlin by Joseph Joachim ; see. Neue Berliner Musikzeitung , vol. 28, No. 2 from January 8, 1874, p. 12 ( digitized in the Google book search)

personal data
SURNAME	Lührß, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lührss, Carl; Lührß, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1882
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Berlin address book for the year 1882 , vol. 14, part 1, p. 611: “Lührß, C., composer, W Derfflingerstr. 14 "( digitized )

[2] Evidence in the Kalliope network

[3] See Susanne Tomkovič, Christoph Koop, Janina Müller (eds.): Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: All letters . Volume 11. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2016, p. 580

[4] Cf. Elisabeth Schmiedel, Joachim Draheim : A family of musicians in the 19th century: Mariane Bargiel, Clara Schumann , Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents . Munich 2007, p. 347

[5] Elisabeth Schmiedel, Joachim Draheim : A family of musicians in the 19th century: Mariane Bargiel, Clara Schumann , Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents . Munich 2007, p. 380

[6] First performance in Leipzig on February 27, 1845 in the Gewandhaus there; see. Allgemeine Musikische Zeitung , vol. 47, no. 7 of February 12, 1845, col. 163 ( digitized version )

[7] First performance in Leipzig on January 10, 1850 in the Gewandhaus there; see. Signals for the musical world , vol. 8, no. 3 from January 1850, p. 17 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive )

[8] Joseph Joachim wrote in October 1858 from Hanover to Herman Grimm in Berlin: “Did you receive the concert by Lührß that I sent you in the spring before my trip to London, and was it still in safekeeping? I urge you to answer this to me immediately, because I will then write to Lührß to get it from you. ”Cf. letters from and to Joseph Joachim , ed. by Johannes Joachim and Andreas Moser , Volume 2, Berlin 1912, p. 26 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )

[9] Signals from Berlin. In: Signals for the musical world , issue 10/1845, p. 75 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / smw

[10] First performance on January 3, 1874 in Berlin by Joseph Joachim ; see. Neue Berliner Musikzeitung , vol. 28, No. 2 from January 8, 1874, p. 12 ( digitized in the Google book search)