Emanuel Faltis
Emanuel Maria Faltis (born May 28, 1847 in Lanžov , Bohemia, † August 14, 1900 in Wroclaw ) was a Bohemian bandmaster, conductor and composer.
Life
The son of the Lanžov parish school teacher Augustin Faltis first attended the Stiftsgymnasium Braunau . He then continued his education at a Prague grammar school, where he graduated. From 1866 Faltis then studied at the organ school in Prague and then became a member of the German orchestra at the Royal State Theater in Prague.
He soon left Bohemia and worked as a conductor at opera houses in Ulm, Riga, Lübeck, Kiel, Stettin, Berlin, Basel and Bremen. Faltis was court conductor in Coburg for 14 years. In 1897 he went blind. During a stay in Breslau, Faltis died of a stroke. He found his final resting place in the family grave in the Lanžov cemetery.
His compositional work includes a. two symphonies, four instrumental masses, eight choral masses, a string quartet and four orchestral overtures.
literature
- Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . P. 68 (on Riga)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faltis, Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Faltis, Emanuel Maria; Faltis, Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian composer, conductor and Kapellmeister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lanžov , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1900 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |