Eduard Sobolewski

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Johann Friedrich Eduard Sobolewski (born October 1, 1808 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † May 17, 1872 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was a German-American composer and conductor .

Life

Sobolewski studied in Dresden with Carl Maria von Weber . From 1830 to 1835 he was music director of the city orchestra of Königsberg, then cantor of the Old Town Church . In 1838 he founded the Philharmonic Society and in 1843 the Musical Academy . From 1847 to 1854 he headed the Königsberg theater , then the Bremen theater. In 1859 he emigrated to Milwaukee , Wisconsin , where he directed the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society . In 1860 he went to St. Louis, where he led the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society that he founded until 1866 . He was also a singing teacher at Bonham Female Seminary from 1869 until his death. His grave is in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

Sobolewski composed six operas , several oratorios , some orchestral works, cantatas and songs and was also active as a music writer.

“This Sunday I was invited to an opera rehearsal. For some time now there has been a ..., in Germany famous composer, Herr von Sobolewsky here, who wrote a national American opera: Mohega, the flower of the forest. The material is taken from the struggle for independence, the heroine is an Indian girl Mohega. The old composer, ..., wrote the text himself and also created the music for it, which will now be given in the form of an opera on October 11th by our local staff and his daughter, a famous singer. "

- Mathilde Franziska Anneke : Milwaukee, September 1859

Sobolewski was one of the employees of the New Magazine for Music published by Robert Schumann .

Works

  • Imogen , Opera, 1832
  • Velleda , Opera, 1835
  • Salvator Rosa , Opera, 1848
  • The seer of Khorassan , opera, premiered on January 30th, 1850 in the City Theater Königsberg, conductor Sobolewski
  • Comala , Opera, premiere 1857
  • Pygmalion , monodrama, premiere on April 16, 1858 in the Bremen City Theater, conducted by Sobolewski
  • La Gogna ( Das Halseisen ), opera, 1 act, premier on April 16, 1858 in the Bremen City Theater, conducted by Sobolewski
  • Mohega , Opera, WP 1859
  • Lazarus , oratorio
  • John the Baptist , oratorio
  • Heaven and earth , oratorio
  • The Savior , Oratory
  • South and North , symphony

Fonts

  • Reactionary Letters , 1854
  • Opera, not drama , Bremen 1857
  • Debates on Music , 1857
  • The secret of the newest school of music , Leipzig 1859 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Robert T. Laudon: Eduard Sobolewski, Frontier Kapellmeister: From Königsberg to St. Louis , in: The Musical Quarterly , Vol. 73, No. 1 (1989), pp. 94-118.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Weser-Zeitung , No. 4466 of April 16, 1858, morning edition, p. [2]
  2. ↑ Ibid
personal data
SURNAME Sobolewski, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sobolewski, Eduard Johann Friedrich (full name); Sobolewski, Eduard Fryderyk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1872
Place of death St. Louis