Felix von Kraus (singer)
Felix von Kraus (born October 3, 1870 in Vienna , † October 30, 1937 in Munich ) was an Austrian singer and university professor .
Life
Kraus came from a military and medical family . Both his father Carl von Kraus and his grandfather Felix von Kraus were general staff doctors in the Austrian military. As a child he received violin and music theory lessons . He first attended the Schottengymnasium and then the University of Vienna , where he studied musicology and music theory. His academic teachers there included Anton Bruckner , Eduard Hanslick, and Eusebius Mandyczewski . He stayed in personal contact with Bruckner and Mandyczewski beyond his studies. In 1894 he was there with the dissertation Biography of the Imperial and Royal Vice Court Kapellmeister Anthonio Caldara. Including a thematic catalog of the church works on Dr. phil. PhD .
His vocal training was largely self-taught on the advice of Johannes Brahms , who was one of his sponsors. He only did an apprenticeship with Julius Stockhausen in Berlin for two months . A career as a concert singer quickly began . In addition, he celebrated success as an opera singer . As early as 1899 he sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festival at the personal invitation of Cosima Wagner . In addition to Bayreuth, Amsterdam , London , Munich, Prague and Vienna were among his venues. He was also a kuk chamber singer and ducal-Meiningischer chamber singer.
In 1908, at the instigation of Felix Mottl , Kraus became a professor at the State Academy of Music (from 1920 University of Music) . He stayed there until his retirement in 1935. He spent his retirement mainly in Zell am Ziller . He was also buried there.
From 1899 he was married to the alto singer Adrienne Osborne . The Kraus Promenade in Rohrberg is named after him.
His brother was the philologist and Munich university professor Carl von Kraus .
Publications
- Biography of the Imperial and Royal Vice Court Kapellmeister Anthonio Caldara. Including a thematic catalog of church works , 2 volumes, Vienna 1894.
- Encounters with Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Cosima Wagner. From the memoirs of Felix von Kraus (1870-1937). Compiled and supplemented by Felicitas von Kraus, Vienna 1961.
literature
- Antonicek: Kraus, Felix von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 224.
- Uwe Harten: Kraus, Felix von. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
Web links
- Felix von Kraus on ibach.de (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Felix von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kraus, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1937 |
| Place of death | Munich |