Franz Mohaupt

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Franz Mohaupt (born August 29, 1854 in Jäckelsthal , † October 21, 1916 in Böhmisch Leipa ) was a Bohemian composer, educator and author. For his educational writings he used the pseudonym Ernst Schelmerding .

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Mohaupt grew up as the son of a teacher in Jäckelsthal and received musical training from his father. He attended the teacher training college in Leitmeritz , where his musical talent was promoted by Josef Dionys Manzer . He then took composition lessons with Julius Rietz in Dresden and finally completed his musical training in Prague with František Zdeněk Skuherský and Antonín Dvořák .

From 1874 Mohaupt worked as a teacher at the community school in Friedland , two years later he switched to the community school in Karolinenthal . In 1891 he became director of the private boys' elementary school at the St. John the Baptist Orphanage in Prague. Under Mohaupt's direction it became a model school. He also worked as the second choir master of the German Men's Choir in Prague and conducted the Bohemian premiere of Edgar Tinel's oratorio Franciscus in the New German Theater . In 1896 he took over the position of director of the girls' elementary and community school in Bohemian Leipa.

The city of Bohemian Leipa honored Franz Mohaupt in 1924 with the Mohaupt fountain ( Mohauptova kašna ). The bronze plaque with a portrait of Mohaupt was created by the Leipzig sculptor Johanna Maierová-Michelová.

Compositions

Mohaupt composed a festival mass, a quintet, an orchestral suite, [three] operas as well as songs and choirs.

  • From difficult times , national opera in four acts (libretto: Joseph Lorenz), 1905
  • Der Graf von Gleichen (libretto: Peter Riedl), opera, 1901
  • Schwedennot (Libretto: Joseph Lorenz), opera, not performed during his lifetime

Publications

  • Hygienic epistles for teachers and educators, Fritsche 1889
  • Small health mirror, 1893
  • All kinds of wood shavings from my workshop, 1897
  • Study booklet for history, 1898
  • Small propriety theory, 1899
  • The most recommended girl games, 2 ed. 1899 u. 1907
  • On the way of singing lessons, 1905
  • Small Citizenship Studies, 1909.

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SURNAME Mohaupt, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schelmerding, Ernst (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian composer, educator and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Jäckelsthal
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1916
Place of death Bohemian Leipa