Eduard von Lannoy

Eduard von Lannoy, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Heinrich Eduard Joseph Freiherr von Lannoy (born December 3, 1787 in Brussels , † March 28, 1853 in Vienna ) was a writer, music teacher, conductor and composer in the transition between classical and early romanticism .

Life

Eduard von Lannoy came from the Flemish noble family Lannoy (French: Maison de Lannoy ). After completing school in Graz (1796–1801) he studied philosophy, music and mathematics at the universities in Brussels , Paris and Graz . In 1808 he came to Styria with his family, who had acquired Wildhaus Castle (now Vilthus) near Marburg an der Drau (now Maribor) in Slovenia.

Here he joined the circle of Archduke Johann, who was close to the people, and gave important impulses to the cultural and musical life of Graz and Vienna. He was on the board of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and temporarily headed the affiliated conservatory and the Concerts spirituels , which are particularly dedicated to the work of L. v. Dedicated to Beethoven. He was in close contact with important musical contemporaries, including Hector Berlioz , Ferdinand David , Gaetano Donizetti , Anselm Hüttenbrenner , Franz Lachner , Franz Liszt , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Johann Vesque von Püttlingen and Henri Vieuxtemps . As a composer he celebrated numerous successes with more catchy than deep works. His melodrama “One o'clock or The Magic League at midnight” alone saw more than 100 performances in the Theater an der Wien .

He is buried in the Catholic cemetery Vienna Matzleinsdorf (today: Waldmüllerpark ).

Works

The present hardly takes any notice of his numerous works:

Operas

• Margarethe or The Robbers , (1813/1814)
• Olindo and Sophronia , (1815)
• Rosa or The Einsiedeley in the Alps , (1816)
• The Morlaken , (1817)
• Libussa, Bohemia's first queen , (1818/1819)
• The Europeans in the East Indies , (1823)
• I due forzati , (1825)
• The Terror Stone , (1825)
• The song's power , (1826), unfinished.
• Darville Castle , (1839), unfinished

Singing games

• Jery ​​and Bätely , (1816)
• Katly , (1827)
• Magician Parrot and King Bear , Wizarding Game (1830)

Melodramas

• One o'clock or The Magic League at midnight , (1822)
• The murderer , (1822)
• Carlos Romaldi , (1822)
• Emmy Teels , (1823)
• The two galley slaves , (1823)
• The Lion of Florence , (1823)
• Abu, the black wonder man , (1826)

Others

• Drama music
• 4 symphonies
• Piano pieces
• Songs
• Chamber music for strings and wind instruments
• Grand Trio for piano, clarinet and cello

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Lannoy, Eduard Baron . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 142–145 ( digitized version ).
• Wolfgang Suppan : Heinrich Eduard Josef von Lannoy (1787-1853). Life and Works (= Music from Styria. Series 4: Contributions to Styrian Music Research. Vol. 2, ZDB -ID 1104979-0 ). Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1960, (short version from: Graz, Universität, phil. Dissertation, 1959). ( Online )
• Wolfgang Suppan:  Lannoy Heinrich Eduard Josef von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 17.
• Wolfgang Suppan:  Lannoy, Eduard von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 620 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Lannoy, Heinrich Eduard Josef von. In: Wolfgang Suppan: Steirisches Musiklexikon. 2. Completely revised and expanded edition of the 1962–1966 edition. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-201-01888-3 , pp. 399-402.

Web links

• Entry on Eduard von Lannoy in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )