Elise Krings

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Elise Krings, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber (1830)

Catharina Elisabetha "Elise" Krings , married Freiin von Eichthal (born June 13, 1807 in Heidelberg , † December 6, 1860 in Baden-Baden ) was a German harp virtuoso .

Life

Elise Krings was the daughter of Peter Krings, a senior pedell at Heidelberg University . Around 1823 she studied in Paris with the famous harpist François-Joseph Naderman (1781–1835), from 1825 professor at the Paris Conservatoire . She then temporarily settled in Munich , where she gave her first concert on November 1, 1825. At the end of 1827 she moved to Vienna , where she took composition lessons from Franz Lachner , with whom she soon became close friends. Lachner dedicated his two concertos for harp and orchestra in C minor (1828) and D minor (1833) to her. In 1834 she married the wealthy Belgian consul in Trieste Christian August Freiherr von Eichthal (* February 11, 1795 Augsburg , † December 12, 1875), a son of the Augsburg banker Arnold von Eichthal (1772-1838) and nephew of the banker Simon von Eichthal ( 1787-1854). She then moved to live with her husband in Trieste, and from 1839 the couple lived in Augsburg. Eichthal later worked as a luminous gas manufacturer , primarily in Augsburg and Munich .

After her marriage, she temporarily interrupted her professional career, "but later went to England and began her virtuoso career all over again."

In February 1846 she was appointed imperial and royal Austrian chamber virtuoso. She was also a royal Belgian chamber virtuoso.

By 1855 at the latest, she resumed her residence in Vienna , apparently without her husband, because she was the only one listed in the first Vienna address book from 1859, with the address Wollzeile 769. As early as 1856 she made the acquaintance of Clara Schumann in Vienna and was with her helping to prepare for her first trip to England.

Her friends in Vienna also included the art-loving banker Simon von Sina and the actress Julie Rettich .

In 1860 she is no longer mentioned in the Vienna address book and apparently had moved to Baden-Baden shortly before. She had chosen her new place of residence for health reasons and died there on December 6th, 1860 "after a long and serious suffering".

In her memory, Franz Lachner performed Mozart's Requiem on March 7, 1861 in the Ludwigskirche in Munich .

family

Elise von Eichthal b. Krings had three children:

  • Auguste Henriette (born September 26, 1835 Trieste, † April 2, 1932 Munich),
  • Emil Wilhelm Ludwig (* May 21, 1840, † September 21, 1900) and
  • Louise Fanny Ernestine (born March 22, 1842 Augsburg).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Heidelberger Wochenblatt , No. 25 of June 22, 1807, p. 104 ( digitized version)
  2. ↑ Date and place of birth according to Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser , vol. 25 (1875), p. 149
  3. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 54, No. 5 of January 25, 1861, p. 48 ( digitized version )
  4. ↑ Signals for the musical world , Vol. 4, No. 7 of February 1846, p. 55
  5. ↑ Adolph Lehmann, General Address Book and Business Manual for the Imperial and Royal Capital and Residence City of Vienna and its surroundings , Volume 1 (1859), p. 150: "Eichthal Elise, Baronin v., Imperial Chamber Virtuoso, St. [adt], Wollzeile 769 "
  6. ↑ See the obituary notice of her daughter Auguste von Eichthal, in: Allgemeine Zeitung , Augsburg, supplement to no.346: December 11, 1860, p. 5730
  7. ↑ Abendblatt zur Neuen Münchener Zeitung , No. 63 of March 14, 1861, pp. 251f. (with detailed biography) ( digitized version )
  8. ↑ Information on the children according to Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser , vol. 27 (1877), p. 169

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personal data
SURNAME Krings, Elise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krings, Elise Catharina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German harpist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1860
Place of death Baden-Baden