Franz Xaver Chwatal
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Franz Xaver Chwatal (born June 19, 1808 in Rumburg ; † June 24, 1879 in Elmen ) was a Bohemian composer and music teacher.
Live and act
The son of an organ builder had piano lessons from his father and was already performing in public at the age of eight. He lived from 1822 to 1832 as a music teacher in Merseburg , where his first compositions were written. From 1835 he worked as a music teacher in Magdeburg . Since the 1850s he and Christian Friedrich Ehrlich headed the institute for collective piano lessons .
He composed numerous opera melodies, paraphrases and fantasies, polkas, salon pieces and etudes for the piano, three piano sonatinas, songs and male quartets, and wrote two piano schools. His compositions had a reputation for light entertainment music, Robert Schumann called them "Stübchenmusik".
Works (selection)
- Historical note calendar for musicians and music lovers , 1861
- Methodically structured pianoforte school
- Practical elementary pianoforte school
- Alpine sounds. Miniature pictures for the pianoforte.
- Night, oh night , you holy night , choir song based on Wilhelmine von Chezy , sheet music download you holy night
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Chwatal, Franz Xaver . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, p. 381 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Franz Xaver Chwatal in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Franz Xaver Chwatal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Franz Xaver Chwatal in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chwatal, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rumburk |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1879 |
| Place of death | Bad Salzelmen |