Franz Hauser (singer)

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Franz Hauser, portrait by Hans Thoma

Franz Xaver Hauser , also Franze Hausera and František Hauser (born January 12, 1794 in Krasowitz , in the Bohemian district of Beneschau ; † August 14, 1870 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass ), singing teacher and music collector.

Life

He studied at the request of his father medicine , but devoted himself after his death the music and studied composition and singing with Johann Wenzel Tomaschek and Joseph Triebensee .

He made his stage debut in Prague in 1817 as Sarastro . There, as well as at the opera houses in Vienna , Leipzig and Berlin, he worked with great success. 1846 Hauser after was Munich appointed to the local Royal Conservatory to found, he served as director until the 1864th After retiring in 1865, he moved to Karlsruhe and two years later to Freiburg im Breisgau, where he died on August 14, 1870.

Hauser had numerous students as a singing teacher, including Jenny Lind and Henriette Sontag . He wrote a teaching book on singing for teachers and learners (Leipzig 1866). As a composer he became known for singing and polyphonic songs . His correspondence with Moritz Hauptmann was published in 1871 ( letters to Franz Hauser. 2 volumes. Leipzig).

Hauser achieved musicological importance primarily through his collection of works by Johann Sebastian Bach , which was one of the most important of the 19th century. Most of the manuscripts - including 19 cantatas, the sonatas for violin with obbligato piano and the English suites in J. S. Bach's autograph - were bought by the Royal Library in 1904 , others were auctioned or partially destroyed in 1945. Remnants of the collection are in the Hessian State and University Library in Darmstadt .

His son Moritz Heinrich Hauser (1826–1857) was u. a. worked as Kapellmeister in Königsberg (Prussia) , he also composed, especially songs and an opera. His son Josef Hauser (1828–1903) worked as a chamber singer in Karlsruhe , his wife, the opera singer Maria Magdalena Hauser (1829–1871), was his daughter-in-law.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Torsten Fuchs: Moravian contemporaries of Franz Schubert in the Vienna environment. In: Sborník Prací Filozofické Faculty Brněnské Univerzity Studia Minora Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis. H 35, Brünn 2000, pp. 17-20; phil.muni.cz (PDF; 223 MB) accessed on March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Bach Collection. In: staatsbibliothek-berlin.de, accessed on March 14, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hauser, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauser, Franz Xaver (full name); Hausera, Franze; Hauser, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer (bass), singing teacher and music collector
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasowitz , in the Bohemian district of Beneschau
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1870
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau