Eduard Rappoldi
Eduard Rappoldi , actually Eduard Rappold (born February 21, 1839 in Vienna , † May 16, 1903 in Dresden ) was an Austrian violinist and composer .
Life
Rappoldi already played the piano and violin as a child and received piano lessons. At the age of seven he performed with his own compositions. He was a student with Leopold Jansa and Josef Böhm and from 1854 with Georg Hellmesberger senior at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Until 1861 Rappoldi was a member of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra. After his time as concertmaster at the Deutsche Oper in Rotterdam , Rappoldi was Kapellmeister in Lübeck, Stettin and Prague and from 1871 worked as a violin teacher at the Royal University of Music in Berlin. In 1876 Rappoldi was appointed royal Saxon professor. From 1877 to 1893 Rappoldi taught violin at the Dresden Conservatory . Until his retirement in 1898 he was court concertmaster at the Dresden court theater .
Rappoldi published, among other things, two string quartets, small symphonies and piano violin sonatas as well as around 30 songs.
In 1870 Eduard Rappoldi met the pianist Laura Kahrer (1853–1925), whom he married four years later. Rappoldi had five children with her, one of whom was the violinist Adrian Rappoldi (1876–1948).
literature
- Christa Harten: Rappoldi, Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 425.
- Uwe Harten : Rappoldi, married couple. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Part of the estate of Eduard Rappoldi / Laura Rappoldi-Kahrer in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
- Eduard Rappoldi in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Sheet music and audio files by Eduard Rappoldi in the International Music Score Library Project
proof
- ^ Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Mankind - Eduard Rappoldi. In: lexikus.de. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rappoldi, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rappold, Eduard (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1903 |
| Place of death | Dresden |