Carl d'Ester (conductor)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carl d'Ester (* 1838 in Vallendar ; † November 2, 1879 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German music director .

Life

After graduating from high school in Koblenz , Carl d'Ester studied at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic , at the Philosophical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and finally again at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In 1857 he became a member of the Corps Franconia Karlsruhe . In 1859 he joined the Corps Rhenania Bonn . After graduating, he embarked on a conducting career and became music director in Frankfurt (Main) . In 1873 he became music director of the Wiesbaden spa orchestra . One of the highlights of his artistic work was the first complete performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1877, which took place together with the Cäcilienverein Wiesbaden.

literature

  • 114. d'Ester, C. In: Corpslist of the Franconia Karlsruhe 1839–1929
  • 608. † d'Ester, Carl . In: Register of the Bonner Rhenania 1820 1970 , 1970, pp 116-117, Volume 4 of the blue books of the Bonner Rhenania

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 26 , 374
  2. ^ Choir of the City of Wiesbaden at www.wiesbaden.de
personal data
SURNAME d'Ester, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ester, Carl d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music director
DATE OF BIRTH 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Vallendar
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1879
Place of death Frankfurt am Main