Gabrielle von Neumann-Spallart

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Gabrielle von Neumann-Spallart (born January 9, 1851 in Vienna , † June 18, 1930 in Radebeul ) was an Austrian composer who was married to the Neumann-Spallart family .

Life

Villa Leila (Pestalozzistraße 28) in Serkowitz , Neumann-Spallart's residence from 1906 at the latest; Located directly on the tracks of the Lößnitzgrundbahn .

She was the daughter of court and court advocate Joseph Benedict (* 1809 in Strasbourg / Carinthia), who was raised to hereditary nobility on August 8, 1873 by Franz Joseph I under the name " Benedict von Mautenau " Wife Maria, b. Lemminger.

Gabrielle (also: Gabriele) first grew up in Vienna. On July 31, 1871, she married the Austrian economist and statistician Franz Xaver von Neumann-Spallart . From this marriage the son Anatol (1872-1914) was born. After the death of Franz Xaver in 1888, Gabrielle von Neumann-Spallart moved to Dresden and later to Serkowitz in the Villa Leila , where she devoted herself more to her compositional work. Her grandson Max Georg von Spallart was also a composer and conductor at the Zwickau City Theater .

A large bundle of compositions, letters, photos, manuscripts and documents from 1830 on from the estate of Gabrielle von Neumann-Spallart was auctioned on the Internet in January 2006. This primarily contained manuscripts for her plays and compositions, which she edited mostly self-published, as well as her collected music albums and the correspondence with her daughter Susanne, who was born after her father's death. At that time, Gabrielle von Neumann-Spallart lived with her family in Radebeul near Dresden. From this time are u. a. Evidence of family impoverishment exists. It is z. B. the indebtedness of the inhabited villa or the sale of silverware and pictures to the Tyrolean State Museum in Innsbruck . The description of old securities, such as state annuity bonds (Vienna 1893) and state bonds (Vienna 1868), also dates from this period. The auctioned lot also contained Gabrielle's marriage certificate with Franz Xaver von Neumann-Spallart as well as a certified copy from 1888 of the nobility certificate for her father, Joseph Benedict von Mautenau.

Works

Elephanten-Polka for voice and piano op. 92, self-published (printed 1906), title page

Works published in print (self-published)

  • Canzonetto for voice and piano op.97 ( dedicated to Enrico Caruso )
  • German dances. 6 waltzes for pianoforte for 2 hands
    • No. 1 Visions op.20
    • No. 2 Eintracht op.21
    • No. 3 My Vienna op.38
    • No. 4 Leopold Day op.41
    • No. 5 childhood love op.50
    • No. 6 Cis and Trans op.61
  • Three dances for pianoforte for 2 hands
    • No. 1 Nervous Polka op.29
    • No. 2 cone polka op.49
    • No. 3 Bersaglieri Polka op.53
  • Elephant Polka for voice and piano op.92
  • Children's songs for voice and pianoforte
    • Dreikönigslied op.3
    • Prayer op.5
    • Evening song op.6
    • Easter bunny op.9
    • Star song op.18
    • Bon appetit op.11
  • My angel. Serieuse Polka for Pianoforte op.70
  • Four songs for voice and pianoforte
    • Dance of Death op.7
    • Leila op.16
    • In the valley the flowers bloom op. 12 [sic!]
    • Bulgarian song op.8
  • Folk songs for choir a cappella
    • Wanderlied ( Joseph von Eichendorff ) op.4
    • The Garden of Life op.10
    • Bergmannslied op. 12 [sic!]
    • Grace op.13
    • Sunday op.14
    • Marienlied op.15
    • Ephemeral Glory op.17
    • Rose time op.19

Unprinted works

  • The stone figure. Dramatic ballet in one act
  • Easter Festival. Volksoper in 2 acts based on an old Hungarian anecdote by Willy Beck
  • approx. 80 choir songs
  • approx. 90 piano songs
  • approx. 60 piano pieces

Literature / sources

Web links

Commons : Villa Leila  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to the address book of Dresden and suburbs. 1915. Part VI, p. 456.
  2. ^ According to several address directories of Dresden, chap. Suburbs: Radebeul (from 1906)
  3. ↑ "NachLASS der Fam. NEUMANN-SPALLART 1830 Vienna Radebeul Genealogy Ahnenforschung Ökonomie Österreich composer" on www.ebay.de (former item number: 6243454184, start of offer January 9, 2006, end of offer January 19, 2006)
personal data
SURNAME Neumann-Spallart, Gabrielle von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neumann-Spallart, Gabriele von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1930
Place of death Radebeul