Frédéric A. Baron d'Erlanger
Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (originally Friedrich Alfred Freiherr von Erlanger * 29. May 1868 in Paris ; † 23. April 1943 in London ) was a born in France, later living in England Anglo-French banker and composer with assumed British Citizenship of German-American descent. He came from the German-French-British banking family d'Erlanger .
family
His grandfather Raphael von Erlanger founded the quickly successful banking house Erlanger & Söhne in the free city of Frankfurt am Main in 1848 , later with the help of his four sons.
His father Frédéric Emile Baron von Erlanger (1832–1911) expanded the Paris branch so successfully that it became an independent, world-class bank. Among other things, he became an important financier of railway construction. He married the American Marguerite Mathilde Slidell (1842–1927).
Frédéric A. Baron d'Erlanger had three brothers:
- Raphael Baron Slidell von Erlanger (1865–1897), associate professor, zoologist
- Emile Beaumont Baron d'Erlanger (1866–1939), banker, musician and patron of the arts. He moved the focus of the Parisian banking house Erlanger & Söhne to London .
- Francois Rodolphe Baron d'Erlanger (1872–1932), painter, musicologist and orientalist. He researched the traditional music of Tunisia and built the Ennejma Ezzahra palace in Sidi Bou Saïd near Tunis , which is now a museum .
Life
Frédéric A. Baron d'Erlanger began his musical studies in Paris under Anselm Ehmant, his only teacher born in Frankfurt am Main (1832–1895) in his French hometown.
He published his first work, a collection of songs, at an early age. His compositions were especially operas.
But he mainly worked as a banker, especially after moving to London and taking on British citizenship. There he lived the life of a bourgeois until his death at Rutland Gate No. 24. Among other things, he financed the construction of the railway between South Africa and Zambia together with the English businessman Cecil Rhodes .
Despite a longstanding relationship with the Spaniard Madame de Betelu, he never married and left no heirs.
Compositions
Opera
- Jehan de Saintré (J. And P. Barbier; German translation: L. Hartmann), two acts; First performance August 1, 1893 Aix-les-Bains; February 26, 1894 Hamburg.
- The Legacy (Orig. Inès Mendo ) (P. Decourcelle and A. Liorat after Mérimée), three acts; First performed July 10, 1897 London, Covent Garden.
- Tess (Italian text: Luigi Illica after Thomas Hardy's Tess vn den d'Urbevilles) four acts; First performance 1906 Naples, Teatro San Carlo; then July 14, 1909 London, Covent Garden.
- Noël (J. And P. Ferrier), first performed December 28, 1910 Paris, Opéra-Comique.ue
ballet
- Les cent baisers (1931).
Concerts
- Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 17; Leipzig, Rather 1903, score 96 pages, played by Kreisler at the Philharmonie concert on March 12, 1903
- Andante Symphonique for violoncello and orchestra, Op. 18 (1904).
- Ballad for violoncello and orchestra
- Concerto symphonique for piano and orchestra (1921)
- Poème for violin and orchestra in D minor (1926)
Orchestral works
- 1. Suite Symphonique for orchestra (1893)
- 2. Suite Symphonique for orchestra (1895)
- Midnight Rose , Waltz for orchestra
- Andante symphonique , Op. 18 (1904)
- Sursum Corda! , Prelude for large orchestra (1919)
- Prelude romantique (1935)
Choral works
- Messe de Requiem (1930)
Chamber music
- Prelude for violin and piano (1895)
- String Quartet (1895)
- Sonata for violin and piano in G minor (1900)
- Quintet for piano and strings (1901)
Piano music
- 1st Etude Concertante (1899)
- 2nd Etude Concertante (1900)
Songs
- Chanson légère based on poems by EB Sozios (1896)
- Les deux sommeils on texts by E.-B. d'Erlanger (1917)
- Dans tes yeux on texts by E.-B. d'Erlanger (1919)
- Mon âme à ton coeur s'est donnée on texts by Victor Hugo (1919)
- Talisman on texts by Th. Salignac (1919)
- Sérénade florentine on texts by Jean Lahor (1922)
- En sourdine on texts by Paul Verlaine (1922)
literature
- Gabriele Mendelssohn: The Erlanger family. Bankers - patrons - artists. Leinpfad Verlag, Ingelheim 2005, ISBN 3-937782-24-9 .
Web links
Footnotes and Notes
- ↑ 1935 Recorded by Antal Dorati and the London Symphony Orchestra in Covent Garden
- ↑ First published in 2010 on the Hyperion label : 4963408.
- ↑ First published in 2013 on the Dutton Vocalion label.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erlanger, Frédéric A. Baron d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erlanger, Friedrich Alfred Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-French banker and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1943 |
| Place of death | London |