Eugene Maria Albrecht
Eugen Maria Albrecht ( Russian Евгений Карлович Альбрехт , transcribed Yevgeny Karlowitsch Albrecht ; born July 16, 1842 in Saint Petersburg ; † February 9, 1894 there ) was a Russian violinist, conductor, music teacher and music writer of German descent.
Live and act
Eugen Albrecht was the son of the German conductor Karl Albrecht . From 1857 to 1860 he was a student of Ferdinand David at the Leipzig Conservatory, further teachers were Moritz Hauptmann , Ignaz Moscheles and Ernst Friedrich Richter . Immediately after completing his studies, he became a violinist in the orchestra of the Italian Opera in Petersburg. In 1866 he was commissioned by the head of the military schools to work with a commission on a plan for learning music and singing in general military schools. In this context, he became editor-in-chief of three song collections.
In 1872 he was appointed music inspector of all imperial orchestras in the city and in 1892 he was appointed librarian of the imperial theaters. In 1872 Albrecht was a co-founder of the Petersburg Chamber Music Association and from 1881 to 1886 chairman of the Philharmonic Society, as such he had a major influence on the modernization of Russian orchestras in the late 19th century. In this regard, he had a lively correspondence with Peter Tchaikovsky between 1880 and 1892 .
As a violin teacher, he taught various members of the tsarist family and wrote a textbook for violin in this context.
Works and writings
In addition to his writings, Albrecht composed some works that have been forgotten.
- Collection of "128 children's cradle and folk songs"
- Collection of "115 popular literary, historical and military songs for schools 1, 2 and 3 voices"
- Collection of "Russian soldiers, Cossack and sailor songs" with HH Wessel (Saint Petersburg, 1875)
- "The past and present of the orchestra" (Saint Petersburg, 1886)
- "The Petersburg Conservatory", (Saint Petersburg, 1893)
- Violin School (1885)
literature
- Denis Lomtev: German Musicians in Russia: On the History of the Origin of the Russian Conservatories . Verlag BMV, 2002, ISBN 3-89564-081-6
- Carl Benedict: Albrecht, Eugen Maria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 179 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Eugen Maria Albrecht in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albrecht, Eugen Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Альбрехт, Евгений Карлович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist, conductor and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1894 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |