Franz Mair (composer)

Franz Mair, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1871

Franz Mair (born March 15, 1821 in Weikendorf ; † November 30, 1893 in Vienna ) was choirmaster, composer and founder of the Vienna Schubert League .

Life

Franz Mair, son of a teacher, graduated from secondary school and the teacher training institute in Vienna. He was choirmaster of the Vienna Men's Choir Association , after falling out with the choir, he separated from him and in 1863 founded the “ Wiener Schubertbund ”.

Franz Mair was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery, his honorary grave is in field group 0, no.17 .

Works

Operas

The love ring
Clare of Wyssehrad

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Mair, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1868, p. 106 f. ( Digitized version ).
Antonicek: Mair, Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 422 f. (Direct links on p. 422 , p. 423 ).
Peter Erhart: Lower Austrian composers . Doblinger, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-900695-41-5
Christian Fastl: Mair, Franz. 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

Works by Franz Mair in the catalog of the German National Library
Franz Mair's grave in Vienna's central cemetery
Entry on Franz Mair in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

↑ Biography on the website of the Lower Austrian State Museum. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .
^ Christian Fastl: Mair, Franz. 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 .
↑ http://www.ki3.at/bezirksinfo_ge_bau_37.htm

personal data
SURNAME	Mair, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian choir master, composer and founder of the Wiener Schubertbund
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weikendorf
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1893
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Biography on the website of the Lower Austrian State Museum. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .

[2] Christian Fastl: Mair, Franz. 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 .

[3] ttp://www.ki3.at/bezirksinfo_ge_bau_37.htm