Eugen Bodart
Eugen Bodart (born October 8, 1905 in Kassel , † 1981 in Munich ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Bodart received private lessons in music theory, piano, organ, flute and viola during his school days and founded his own orchestra during this time. From 1922 to 1925 he studied on a scholarship at the Leipzig Conservatory . Then he attended a master class with Hans Pfitzner . He was also a student of Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek . From 1926 to 1929 he was musical and literary director at the Südwestrundfunk Frankfurt-Kassel in Kassel.
From 1933 Bodart was 2nd Kapellmeister and répétiteur at the Nationaltheater Weimar . From 1935 to 1939 he was Kapellmeister in Cologne, then until 1943 General Music Director and Artistic Director in Altenburg. He then succeeded Karl Elmendorff as general music director of the Mannheim National Theater until it was closed.
After the war, Bodart lived as a freelance composer and conductor. In 1952 he founded the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester , for which he reconstructed numerous works from the Mannheim School . He also composed around 90 of his own works, including four operas, orchestral works, chamber music and piano works. From 1956 to 1958 he was general music director in Kaiserslautern.
Works
- Shepherd legend , The play of the Nativity in 3 acts based on Lope de Vega , 1930
- Spanish Night , Opera, 1937
- Little Serenade , 1937
- The reckless Mr. Bandolin , Opera, 1940
- Sarabande , comic opera, 1941
- Five improvisations for piano, 1944
- Five Intermezzi for piano, 1944
- Ten miniatures for small orchestra , 1945
- Five songs for high voice and piano or string orchestra, 1945
- Seven impressions from Lake Constance “Der liebe Augustin” , 1946
- Variations on a Theme by Franz Schubert , 1946
- Little mistake , opera, 1949
- Variations on a Theme by ETA Hoffmann , 1949
- Arabesques around a ballad by Johann André , 1951
- Princess Brambilla , Overture for Orchestra, 1952
- Mosella Giocosa , Scherzo for orchestra, 1955
- Six caprichos for piano , 1955
- Dance modes in three movements , 1959
- Goldoni Overture , 1959
- Cheerful prologue , 1962
- Early hour , 1965
- Hymn for string orchestra
- Ticino impression
- Bucolic landscape , fantasy for large orchestra
- Basque final
swell
- Musical Academy of the Mannheim National Orchestra - History
- Eugen Bodart at Ricordi Berlin publishing house: list of works, biography
- Classic - Eugen Bodart
- Eugen Bodart at Operissimo
- List of stage works by Eugen Bodart based on the MGG in Operone
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bodart, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1981 |
| Place of death | Munich |