Florizel from Reuter
Florizel von Reuter (stage name of ; born January 21, 1890 in Davenport , Iowa , † May 10, 1985 in Waukesha , Wisconsin ) was an American violin virtuoso and composer .
Life
Von Reuter was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1891 to a German violinist and his wife, who was of Scottish descent. From 1897 to 1900 he received violin lessons from Max Bendix , concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . He then studied with Émile Sauret in London and with César Thomson and Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels. He also studied with Henri Marteau at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève . Furthermore, he received composition lessons a. a. with Engelbert Humperdinck , Paul Dukas and Vincent d'Indy .
In 1903/04 he toured Switzerland, Austria, England, Romania, Russia and Scandinavia. In 1905/06 he gave concerts in Latin America and the West Indies. In 1907 and 1914/15 he went on a concert tour through Germany. Furthermore, he was u. a. Court violinist to Queen Elizabeth of Romania and court pianist to Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria .
After another period of study, he was director of the Zurich Music Academy from 1916. In 1932 he became professor and head of the master school for violin at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 1934/35 he succeeded Wilhelm Stross as a member of Elly Ney's piano trio . His successor was Max Strub . From 1939 he worked at the Klindworth Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin.
He returned to the United States in the 1940s. From 1951 to 1956 he was concertmaster of the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra .
He composed several pieces a. a. the opera Postmaster Wyrin (first performance 1946 in Berlin).
He was also interested in parapsychology .
Fonts (selection)
- Guide to solo violin music. A sketch of their creation and development with a critical examination of their main works . M. Hesse, Berlin 1926.
- (Ed.): Friedrich Adolf Steinhausen : The physiology of bow guidance on string instruments . 5th edition, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1928.
- The Twilight of the gods. Hitler's Berlin. A novel by an American who experienced it . With a foreword by William D. Miller . Cultural Press, Waukesha 1962 [1963].
literature
- Ingrid Bodsch (ed.): Beethoven and other child prodigies. Scientific articles and catalog for the exhibition . Stadtmuseum, Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-931878-17-1 , p. 222.
- Michael Kraus: The musical modernity at the State Operas of Berlin and Vienna 1945–1989. Paradigms of National Cultural Identities in the Cold War . JB Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-476-04352-8 , pp. 14-16.
- Erich H. Müller (ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
Web links
- Literature by and about Florizel by Reuter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Florizel from Reuter in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Florizel from Reuter at Discogs (English)
- Florizel from Reuter at www.tobias-broeker.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | From Reuter, Florizel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuter, Florizel (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violin virtuoso and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Davenport , Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1985 |
| Place of death | Waukesha , Wisconsin |