Friedrich Horschelt (dancer)
Friedrich Horschelt, lithograph by Josef Lanzedelli the Elder Ä.
Friedrich Horschelt (born April 14, 1793 in Cologne , † December 9, 1876 in Munich ) was a German ballet master and impresario .
Friedrich Horschelt worked in Vienna with his mother and three sisters from 1806 . From 1811 he was a dancer and choreographer at the Leopoldstädter Theater , from 1814 vice ballet master at the Theater an der Wien .
In 1815 he founded a children's ballet and directed it until 1821. This resulted in Fanny Elßler , Therese Elßler and Therese Heberle , among others . After the scandal surrounding the child molester Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg , he had to close his ballet on an imperial order. His son Theodor Horschelt became a battle painter .
literature
- Horschelt Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 426.
- Joseph Kürschner : Horschelt, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 160.
Web links
- Entry on Horschelt, Friedrich in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horschelt, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ballet master and impresario |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1876 |
| Place of death | Munich |