Franz Danzi

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Franz Danzi

Franz (Ignaz) Danzi (born May 15, 1763 in Schwetzingen , † April 13, 1826 in Karlsruhe ) was a German composer , conductor and cellist.

Life

As the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (* around 1730, † April 26, 1798 in Munich), Franz Danzi, like his sister Franziska (Dorothea) Lebrun-Danzi, was taught first by his father and then by Georg Joseph Vogler . When the electoral court orchestra moved to Munich in 1778 , Danzi stayed in Mannheim . He became a member of the orchestra and opera repetiteur at the new court and national theater. In 1780 his first opera "Azakia" was premiered there. As early as 1781 he went to Munich, where in January 1784 he signed the contract as principal violoncellist to succeed his father. In 1790 he married the soprano and composer Maria Margarethe Marchand . From 1790 to 1796 the couple performed very successfully in Leipzig , Prague , Venice and Florence . In 1796 they returned to Munich. From 1798 Franz Danzi worked as vice conductor in Munich. After the death of his wife on June 11, 1800, he retired from public activities for several years. From 1807 to 1812 he was court conductor at the Royal Court Theater in Stuttgart . He also worked as a composition teacher and inspector of the wind department at the art institute of the orphanage (Charles School) founded in 1811. From 1812 until his death Danzi worked as court conductor at the Badische Hofkapelle Karlsruhe .

As a conductor, Danzi campaigned on the one hand for the operas of Mozart and on the other hand for the work of his friend Carl Maria von Weber , whom he also influenced compositionally. Stylistically, he is based on the classical or tradition of the Mannheim School and can be seen as one of the pioneers of Romanticism .

Works (selection)

Operas
  • Cleopatra (Johann Leopold Neumann), Duodrama 1 act (1780 Mannheim, Court Theater)
  • Azakia ( Christian Friedrich Schwan ), Singspiel 3 acts (1780 Mannheim, Court Theater)
  • The Sylphe ( Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Meyer ), Operetta 1 act (1788 Mannheim, Court Theater)
  • The Triumph of Loyalty (Johann Friedrich Binder von Krieglstein), Singspiel 3 acts (1789 Munich, Court Theater)
  • Der Quasimann (Matthias Georg Lambrecht), comic opera 2 acts (1789 Munich, Hoftheater)
  • The midnight hour (Matthias Georg Lambrecht), comic opera 3 acts (1798 Munich, Court Theater)
  • The Kiss (Matthias Georg Lambrecht), tragicomic opera 3 acts (1799 Munich, Court Theater)
  • El Bondocani (Matthias Georg Lambrecht), Singspiel 1 act (1802 Munich, Court Theater)
  • Iphigenie in Aulis (Karl Reger), serious opera 3 acts (1807 Munich, Court Theater)
  • Deucalion et Pirrha (Jean-Jacques d'Hogguer? After Germain François Poullain de Saint-Foix), opera 1 act (composed around 1810)
  • Dido ( Georg Reinbeck ), melodrama 1 act (1811 Stuttgart, Court Theater)
  • Camilla and Eugen or The Garden Key ( Franz Karl Hiemer ), Singspiel 1 act (1812 Stuttgart, Court Theater)
  • The mountain spirit or fate and loyalty (Karl Philipp von Lohbauer), romantic opera 2 acts (1813 Karlsruhe, court theater)
  • Malvina (Georg Christian Römer), Singspiel 3 acts (1814 Karlsruhe, Court Theater)
  • Turandot ( Carlo Gozzi ), Singspiel 2 acts (1816 Karlsruhe, Court Theater)
  • The rehearsal , comic opera 1 act (1817 Karlsruhe, court theater)
Instrumental works
  • 6 symphonies
  • 4 concerts for flute and orchestra (G major op.30, D minor op.31, D minor op.42, D major op.43)
  • Sinfonia concertante for flute, clarinet and orchestra in B flat major, op.41
  • Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat major op.47
  • 5 concerts for bassoon and orchestra
  • 2 concerts for horn and orchestra
  • 9 wind quintets (3 each in op. 56, 67 and 68)
  • 2 quintets for piano , flute , oboe , clarinet and bassoon (op.53, 54)
  • 1 quintet for piano , oboe , clarinet, horn and bassoon (op.41)
  • 3 quintets for flute and string quartet
  • 3 Trios op. 71 for flute, violin and violoncello
  • String quartets
  • Sonata for basset horn and piano op.62

There are numerous CD recordings of his works.

Others

The new concert hall of the city of Schwetzingen's cultural center has been called Danzis since June 19, 2005.

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personal data
SURNAME Danzi, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Danzi, Franz Ignaz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Schwetzingen or Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1826
Place of death Karlsruhe