Friedrich Seitz (composer)

Friedrich Seitz (born June 12, 1848 in Günthersleben , † May 22, 1918 in Dessau ) was a German composer, violinist and violin teacher.

Life

Friedrich Seitz was baptized on June 18, 1848 in Günthersleben and grew up here as the son of a farmer. He joined the Gotha Regiment as a volunteer in 1865, after which he entered the German War in 1866 . After the end of the war he studied the violin in Sondershausen with Karl Wilhelm Uhlrich , the former Magdeburg concertmaster. In 1874 he learned from the Dresden court concert master Professor Johann Christoph Lauterbach . In 1869 Seitz was employed as the first violinist in the princely court orchestra in Sondershausen and in 1873 was appointed court conductor.

In 1876 Friedrich Seitz moved to Magdeburg and became concertmaster of the city theater and concert orchestra. Seitz is considered to be the founder of the first Magdeburg music school. In 1884 he got the position of director of the ducal court orchestra in Dessau. In 1888 he was concertmaster of the Bayreuth Festival .

Friedrich Seitz was represented with guest performances throughout Europe. He traveled not only to many German cities, but also toured with the Coburg Opera in London and Holland. Seitz retired in 1908. Both from the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and from the Duke of Anhalt he received their Order for Art and Science for his busy musical life and his extensive teaching activities. His compositions include the small violin school and the student concerts . His most famous violin student was the film diva Marlene Dietrich . He was a member of the Dessau Masonic Lodge Esiko for the rising light .

In his honor, the municipal street of his birthplace was named Friedrich-Seitz-Weg in 2003 .

Works (selection)

• 9 student concerts for violin and piano
• 3 student piano trios
• numerous character and performance pieces of varying degrees of difficulty mostly for violin and piano, but also for orchestra

literature

• Wolf Hobohm , Vol. 1, pp. 647-649
• Friedrich Jansa, German sound artist in words and pictures.
• Anhalter Anzeiger , Dessau, from May 25, 1918. - Publishing house catalogs and advertisements
• Friedrich Wilhelm Beinroth: Music history of the city of Sondershausen from its beginnings to the end of the 19th century. 1943.
• Emil Gorski: Foreword to the edition of Op. 12 and 13 in the Polish Music Publishing House Kraków, 1970.
• Egon Rubisch: Foreword to the student concert in D major. op. 22, 1969 ( Play along happily , H. 8).
• Ulfert Thiemann: Foreword to Concerto in D major (Student Concerto No. 4), op.15, 1970.

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Friedrich Seitz in the International Music Score Library Project