Heinrich Porges
Heinrich Porges (born November 25, 1837 in Prague , Austrian Empire , † November 17, 1900 in Munich ) was an Austrian choir director and music critic.
Life
Heinrich Porges' wealthy Jewish parents were Simon Porges (1801–1869) and Charlotte Porges. He was married to Wilhelmine Merores, they had the daughter Elsa Bernstein .
At home he met Franz Liszt (1856), Hans von Bülow (1857) and Peter Cornelius (1860). He first studied law and philosophy at the University of Prague and then turned to music (piano, harmony and counterpoint) with the aim of becoming a pianist. From 1863 he edited the " Neue Zeitschrift für Musik " with Franz Brendel in Leipzig . In 1866 King Ludwig II called him to Munich on Wagner's suggestion , where he wrote introductions to Tristan and Isolde , The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and Lohengrin . When Der Ring des Nibelungen premiered in Bayreuth in 1876, Porges was one of Wagner's assistants and recorded his comments on the work and its reproduction in detail. Corresponding recordings for Parsifal have also been preserved in a piano reduction. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Liszt's works and was one of Wagner's most loyal Jewish comrades-in-arms and was highly valued by Wagner, also because of his writings.
literature
- Christa Harten: Porges Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 208 f. (Direct links on p. 208 , p. 209 ).
- Robert Münster: Porges, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 636 ( digitized version ).
- Robert Münster: Heinrich Porges , in: Manfred Treml , Wolf Weigand (Ed.): History and culture of the Jews in Bavaria. Resumes . Munich: Saur, 1988, pp. 157-161.
- Ernst Stöckl: Porges, Heinrich, in: Lexicon for German Music Culture Bohemia - Moravia - Sudetenschlesien, Volume 2 (2000), Sp. 2082-2085.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Porges in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porges, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choirmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th November 1900 |
| Place of death | Munich |