Carl Maria von Bocklet
Carl Maria von Bocklet (born January 30, 1801 in Prague , † July 15, 1881 in Vienna ) was an Austrian pianist , violinist , composer and music teacher.
life and work
Bocklet was a composition student in Prague with Friedrich Dionys Weber and also studied violin and piano. In Vienna he came into contact with Ludwig van Beethoven , who stood up for him. From 1820 Bocklet worked as a music teacher in Vienna and from 1821 was briefly first violinist in the orchestra of the Theater an der Wien , but then increasingly only worked as a pianist. He was on friendly terms with Franz Schubert and performed several of his piano works in public, some of them the first, including his Wanderer Fantasy D 760. Schubert dedicated his piano sonata in D major D 850 to him. He was also considered an excellent improviser . According to the first volume of the Austrian National Encyclopedia , published in 1835, Bocklet was " the first among Vienna’s piano virtuosos who are now living ".
In the 1840s, Bocklet largely withdrew from active concert life. His son Heinrich continued a private school he founded for four-hand piano playing. Carl Maria von Bocklet's pupils included Eduard Marxsen , who in turn later became the teacher of Johannes Brahms .
Some piano compositions by Carl Maria von Bocklet have come down to us. His op. 1 was a variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli ; this had inspired numerous composers to create variations on their own waltz and published them under the title Vaterländischer Künstlerverein .
Individual evidence
- ^ Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, first volume (A – D), Vienna 1835, p. 320.
literature
- Andrea Harrandt: Bocklet, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Bocklet Karl Maria from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 95.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Bocklet, Karl Maria . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 5 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present . 1st edition, 1949-1986.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Carl Maria von Bocklet in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bocklet, Carl Maria von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bocklet, Karl Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pianist, violinist, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1881 |
| Place of death | Vienna |