Franz von Holstein

Franz von Holstein (1874)

Franz von Holstein (born February 16, 1826 in Braunschweig , † May 22, 1878 in Leipzig ) was a German composer .

Life

He was the son of the ducal Braunschweig colonel and war councilor Werner von Holstein (1784-1857).

Holstein came from the cadet corps on October 6, 1845 as a second lieutenant in the infantry regiment and took part in the campaign against Denmark in 1848/49 . As a prime lieutenant, he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Landwehr Battalion on March 18, 1850 , until Holstein finally resigned on March 11, 1853.

During his training as an officer he composed the opera Two Nights in Venice as well as songs and ballads. In 1853 he came to Leipzig, where he studied counterpoint with Moritz Hauptmann and had piano lessons with Ignaz Moscheles . After stays in Rome , Berlin and Paris , he took over the management of the Bach Society in Leipzig and was a founding member of the Bach Society. In addition to three operas, he wrote two overtures , a cantata , chamber music works and piano pieces and had an excellent reputation as a song composer.

Holstein was buried in the Neuer Johannisfriedhof (now Lapidarium Alter Johannisfriedhof ) in Leipzig. In Leipzig, his wife Hedwig, daughter of the city councilor Rudolf Julius Salomon , set up the so-called Holstein-Stift , a foundation to support poor music students.

Works

• Operas:
  • The Haideschacht. (1868)
  • Morley's heir. (1872)
  • The highlands. (1876)
• Songs for one voice, duets , mixed and male choirs
• Chamber music
• Overtures

literature

• Peter Ackermann: Between musical drama and game opera. Franz von Holstein's musical stage works. In: German opera between Wagner and Strauss. S. Döhring (Ed.), Chemnitz 1998. pp. 37-46.
• Moritz Fürstenau :  Holstein, Friedrich Franz von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 1 f.
• Gerhart Glaser: Franz von Holstein. A 19th century poet composer. Leipzig 1930. (Dissertation)
• von Kortzfleisch: History of the Duke Braunschweig Infantry Regiment and its main troops 1809–1867. Printing and publishing by Albert Limbach. Braunschweig 1896. p. 429.
• Michael Märker, Willi Kahl:  Holstein, Franz von. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 8 (Gribenski - Hilverding). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1118-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

Commons : Franz von Holstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Franz von Holstein in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Franz von Holstein  in the German Digital Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Franz von Holstein in the International Music Score Library Project
• List of stage works by Franz von Holstein based on the MGG at Operone
• Franz von Holstein in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)