Carl Wilhelm Drescher

Carl Wilhelm Drescher (born December 12, 1850 in Vienna ; † December 8, 1925 there ) was an Austrian conductor and composer .

Life

Carl Wilhelm Drescher was trained as a choirboy at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna and then worked there as a choir player . He also attended the Vienna Conservatory , where he played the violin with J. Hellmesberger sen. studied.

From 1866 Drescher was first violinist in the chapel of Philipp Fahrbach the Elder. J. , then with the brothers Johann and Eduard Strauss (1868/69) and Johann Schrammel . He quickly became known with his own chapel, founded in 1874, and soon he was named "King of the Viennese salon orchestras ". Guest performances took him to London , Baden-Baden and Berlin , in 1900 he was awarded the Salvator Medal. On May 23, 1925, Drescher conducted the Dreherpark for the Fiaker anniversary festival at Weigl, in which Edmund Eysler and Hansi Niese also took part.

Drescher's honorary grave is located in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 33A, Row 1, No. 24).

Memorial plaque for Drescher in Vienna-Wieden

Memorial plaque on the residential building Heumühlgasse 9 (Schönbrunner Straße 2)
In 1938, Karl-Descher-Gasse in Vienna- Simmering was named after him.

A old hallodri . (Hallodri Marsch) Wienerlied, words by Rudolf Stiegler.
From love to my hometown , op. 190. Waltz.
Chansonette Quadrille , op.10.
This is my Vienna , op. 66. Waltz based on motifs from popular Viennese songs.
Just keep telling us . Couplet. Text by Wilhelm Wiesberg .
Gabesam March . (Kindly dedicated to Mr Cafetier Gabesam.)
Memorial sheets . Waltz.
Remember me . Polka Mazur.
Grinzinger March , op. 135. Words by CW Drescher.
Voices of the Heart , op.107.Waltz.
I am an old Spleni . German master song by Eduard Merkt .
I tell my mother , op. 30. Polka française.
In the dream . Polka Mazur.
Linzer-Buam . March.
Musikvereinsklänge , op. 21. Waltz.
Pick-Fein , op. 69. Polka quickly.
Romantic , op.109. Polka Mazur.
That's what the Viennese like , op. 193. Wienerlieder-Potpourri.
Forget-me-not . Wienerlied. Text by Eduard Merkt.
Waltz-Rondo , op.122.
Wiener Mode , op. 108. Polka française.
The Viennese go under , op.13.

Drescher Karl Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 200.
Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 2. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 ; P. 101.
Peter Kemp: The Wienerlieder Man , in Vienna Music No 97, Paddock Wood 2009
Peter Kemp (translation: Rudolf Maeder): The Wienerlieder man. In: New Life - Bulletin of the German Johann Strauss Society. Issue 43, No. 3/2012, special issue with a catalog raisonné. ISSN 1438-065X
Monika Kornberger: Drescher, 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 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Drescher, Carl Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Drescher, Karl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1925
Place of death	Vienna