Gustav Adolf Heinze
Gustav Adolf Ferdinand Gotthold Heinze (born October 1, 1820 in Leipzig ; died February 20, 1904 in Muiderberg , Gooise Meren ) was a German-Dutch composer.
Life
Gustav Adolf Heinze was a son of the clarinetist with the Gewandhausorchester Friedrich August Ferdinand Heinze and Emma Löwe, the Australian conductor Bernard Heinze was a distant great-nephew. He began his musical career in 1836 as a clarinetist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and with the Euterpe Music Society . From 1840 he studied piano and composition. From 1844 to 1849 he was second Kapellmeister at the City Theater in Breslau . In 1843 he married the singer Henriette Peuckert (1809-1892), who wrote the libretti for his operas Loreley (1846) and The Ruins of Tharandt (1847), which he performed in Breslau. In 1850 they both moved to Amsterdam , where he briefly held a position as Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper with Ferdinand Röder . He then gave music lessons and headed the Euterpe Liedertafel. He composed the oratorio Die Auferstehung in 1863 and Sancta Caecilia in 1870 , as well as three masses , cantatas, three concert doors and varied choral music. In 1875 he was a co-founder of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Toonkunstenaars Vereniging .
Heinze received Dutch citizenship in 1882. In 1883 they had the Villa Caecilia built in Muiderberg. Since then, a plaque reminds of the first residents. He was awarded the Saxon Order of Albrecht , the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown and the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order.
Works (selection)
- Fonts
- Theoretical and practical zangleer voor volksscholen en zangvereenigingen . Loman, 1881
- Een kunstenaarsleven . Amsterdam: Alsbach, 1905 (Ed .: Louise Heinze, real. Van Westermann butter van GA Heinze)
- Compositions
- Lore-Ley, Die Fee am Rhein , great romantic opera with dance in three acts, first performance in Breslau in January 1846
- The ruins in Tharand , great romantic opera with dance in three acts, world premiere in Breslau on November 27, 1847
literature
- Jan Ten Bokum: Heinze, Gustav Adolf , in: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Volume 8, 1980, pp. 446f.
- Wikisource: Heinze, Gustav bei Grove, 1900 - sources and full texts (English)
- M. Albarda-Goedhard: De mémoires van GA Heinze (1820–1904) , in: Mens en melodie: maandblad voor muziek , 1967, 12
- Spier: Heinze (Gustav Adolf) , in: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Sp. 544f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Adolf Heinze in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Gustav Adolf Heinze in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ In addition to Heinze's signature with the date, the picture also has the draftsman's signature, which "only" has to be deciphered
- ↑ WieWasWie: Death certificate Gustav Adolph Ferdinand Gotthold Heinze
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinze, Gustav Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinze, Gustaaf Adolf; Heinze, Gustav Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1904 |
| Place of death | Muiderberg |