Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Heinrich Peter Freiherr von Herzogenberg (Picot de Peccaduc) (born June 10, 1843 in Graz , † October 9, 1900 in Wiesbaden ) was an Austrian composer .
Life
Herzogenberg comes from a French noble family who emigrated to Austria during the French Revolution. Since 1811 the family had Germanized the original name "Picot de Peccaduc".
After training at the Jesuit school in Feldkirch and in his hometown, Herzogenberg studied law at the University of Vienna and music at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music with Felix Otto Dessoff .
He came into contact with Johannes Brahms through his teacher . In Viennese society he met his future wife, Elisabeth von Stockhausen , who was a daughter of the Hanoverian ambassador at court. She was a highly talented pianist who was of great importance to Brahms, who was often the first to review his works.
After his first artistic activity in his hometown Graz, he moved to Leipzig in 1872 and founded the Leipzig Bach Society there in 1874 together with Franz von Holstein , Philipp Spitta and Alfred Volkland , which he also directed himself from 1875 on.
At his suggestion, Bach's cantatas became accessible to a larger audience for the first time. The preoccupation with Bach's work also had a lasting influence on his own compositional style. The acquaintance with Brahms deepened, a lively correspondence, also on current questions of composition, paved the way for Brahms' visits to Leipzig.
From 1885 he taught as a professor of composition at the Berlin University of Music, where Spitta had prepared the appointment. A lifelong friendship developed between the two families, and they spent their holidays together in Appenzellerland several times . In 1891, Herzogenberg began building a summer house in Heiden with a view of the nearby Lake Constance. Before the house was completed, Elisabeth von Herzogenberg died in 1892 at the age of 44 from a long-standing heart condition.
In 1893, Herzogenberg also made friends with the younger brother of the musicologist Spitta, the theologian Friedrich Spitta , who taught in Strasbourg. Under the impression of the sudden death of Philipp Spitta and the growing friendship with his brother, Herzogenberg turned to the composition of church music, after having previously focused on chamber music, choral and solo songs and two symphonies. In the following summers, the liturgical chants , the oratorio The Nativity , the chorale cantata God is Present and finally as a two-hour work The Harvest Celebration were written in Heiden .
An increasing rheumatism disease forced Herzogenberg to interrupt his teaching activities in Berlin again and again, so that after a few spa stays in Wiesbaden he finally moved there, where he died in 1900. Herzogenberg found his final resting place in the north cemetery in Wiesbaden.
Works
Herzogenberg composed two symphonies , the symphonic poem Odysseus , a violin concerto in A major (1899, WoO 4), chamber music and choral works, organ music, piano pieces and songs . His works clearly show the influence of his friend Johannes Brahms. Brahms dedicated two rhapsodies to Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (Op. 79, Agitato in B minor and Molto passonato in G minor).
opus | Surname | year | genus | CD | lost | Comments, further information |
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3 | VIII Changes for the Pianoforte | Piano music | grades | |||
4th | IV Fantasy Pieces for the Pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
5 | 6 small piano pieces about the motif | Piano music | ||||
6th | Romance for the pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
7th | Acrostics for the pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
9 | Fantastic dances for the pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
13 | Theme and Variations [D flat major] for two pianos | Piano music | CD | |||
23 | Variations on a theme by Johannes Brahms for pianoforte for four hands | Piano music | CD | |||
25th | Five piano pieces (dedicated to Edvard Grieg) | Piano music | ||||
33 | Allotria. Six pieces for pianoforte for four hands | Piano music | CD | |||
37 | Five Piano Pieces (New Series) | Piano music | ||||
49 | Piano Pieces (Third Series) | Piano music | ||||
53 | Waltz for piano for four hands | Piano music | ||||
58 | Variations on the Minuet from Don Juan for pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
68 | Piano Pieces (Fourth Series). Twelve small studies (dedicated to Clara Schumann) | Piano music | ||||
76 | Dainu Balsai. Lithuanian folk songs for piano for four hands | Piano music | CD | grades | ||
83 | Waltz (second episode) for piano four hands | Piano music | ||||
84 | Variations (E major) for piano four hands | Piano music | ||||
85 | Variations (D major) for piano four hands | Piano music | ||||
86 | Variations (D minor) for piano four hands | Piano music | ||||
107 | Capriccio for pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
WoO 6 | Bagatelle in G minor for piano 4 hands | Piano music | ||||
WoO 7 | Seven Länders for piano 4 hands | Piano music | ||||
WoO 8 | Twelve fugues for the pianoforte on a given motif (caffe) | Piano music | Studies | |||
WoO 9 | Sonata for the pianoforte | Piano music | ||||
WoO 10 | Five humorous pieces for piano | Piano music | ||||
WoO 13 | Fantasia quasi sonata for piano | Piano music | ||||
12 | Duo for pianoforte and violoncello | 1872 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | |||
15th | Phantasy (B flat major) for piano and violin | 1873 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | ||
32 | Sonata for pianoforte and violin (dedicated to Joseph Joachim) | 1882 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | grades | |
52 | Sonata (in A minor) for pianoforte and cello | 1886 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | ||
54 | Sonata (No. 2 in E flat major) for piano and violin | 1887 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | ||
62 | Legends for pianoforte and viola (or violoncello) (dedicated to Joseph Joachim) | 1890 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | grades | |
64 | Second sonata (in D major) for pianoforte and cello | 1890 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | ||
78 | Sonata (No. 3 in D minor) for piano and violin | 1892 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | ||
94 | Third Sonata (in E flat major) for pianoforte and cello | 1897 | Sonatas for a solo instrument and piano | CD | grades | |
17th | Quintet [C major] for pianoforte, 2 violins, viola and cello | 1876 | Chamber music | CD | ||
24 | Trio (C minor) for pianoforte, violin and cello (dedicated to Elisabeth vH) | 1877 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
36 | Second trio [D minor] for piano, violin and cello | 1884 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
43 | Quintet [E flat major] for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon | 1884 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
61 | Trio for pianoforte, hoboe and horn | 1889 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
75 | Quartet (E minor) for pianoforte, violin, viola and cello | 1892 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
95 | Second quartet (B flat major) for pianoforte, violin, viola and cello (dedicated to Johannes Brahms) | 1897 | Chamber music | CD | grades | |
18th | Quartet (D minor) for two violins, viola and cello | 1876 | Chamber music for strings | |||
27 | Trio for violin, viola and cello (dedicated to Engelbert Röntgen, 1st concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra) No. 1 in A major | 1879 | Chamber music for strings | CD | grades | |
27 | Trio for violin, viola and violoncello (dedicated to Engelbert Röntgen, 1st concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra) No. 2 in F major | 1879 | Chamber music for strings | CD | grades | |
42 | Three quartets for two violins, viola and cello (dedicated to Johannes Brahms): No. 1 in G minor, No. 2 in D minor, No. 3 in G major | 1884 | Chamber music for strings | |||
63 | Quartet (in F minor) for two violins, viola and cello | 1890 | Chamber music for strings | CD | ||
77 | Quintet (C minor) for two violins, two violas and cello | 1892 | Chamber music for strings | |||
16 | Odysseus. Symphony for large orchestra 1. The wanderings 2. Penelope 3. The gardens of the Circe 4. The banquet of the suitors | Orchestral works | CD | |||
50 | Symphony (C minor) for large orchestra | Orchestral works | CD | |||
70 | Symphony (No. 2 in B flat major) for large orchestra | Orchestral works | CD | |||
WoO 4 | Concert in A major for violin and orchestra | Orchestral works | CD | |||
WoO 25 | Symphony in F major for large orchestra | Orchestral works | x | |||
WoO 30 | Concerto for violoncello and orchestra | Orchestral works | x | |||
WoO 33 | Serenade for flute, oboe, clarinet, two bassoons, two horns and string orchestra | Orchestral works | x | |||
1 | Six songs for one voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
2 | The lost hunter: “I've seen a slim deer” Ballad by Joseph v. Eichendorff for a deep voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
8th | Nine folk songs for voice and piano accompaniment (dedicated to Elisabeth von Herzogenberg) | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
29 | Five songs for a high voice with piano accompaniment based on poems by Eichendorff, Lenau, Rückert, Mörike a. a. | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
30th | Five songs for a high voice with piano accompaniment based on poems by Eichendorff, Lenau, Rückert, Mörike a. a. | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
31 | Five songs for a high voice with piano accompaniment based on poems by Eichendorff, Lenau, Rückert, Mörike a. a. | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
40 | Four chants for a high voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte (poems by Mörike, Lenau and Rückert) | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
41 | Seven songs for a high-pitched voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte (poems by Brentano, Mörike, von Goethe, Gottfried Keller) | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
44 | Chants and ballads for a deeper voice with accompaniment of the piano (texts by Goethe, Rückert, Eichendorff, Gottfried Keller, Uhland) | Songs for a voice and piano | Texts of this work | |||
45 | Seven Serbian Girls' Songs (translation by Talvj) for a mezzo-soprano voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | Texts of this work | |||
47 | Three romances for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
48 | Seven songs for one voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | Texts of this work | |||
51 | The heart of Douglas: “Count Douglas, press your helmet into your hair.” Ballad for a baritone or mezzo-soprano voice with the accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
65 | Three ballads for a medium voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
66 | The musician. Song series by J. v. Eichendorff for a high voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
69 | Four chants for a high voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte (texts by Heine, Goethe, Kerner and Mörike) | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
82 | Canti popolari Toscani, messi in musica per soprano (o tenore) con accompagnamento del harpsichord [Rispetti] | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
91 | Elegiac chants for a high voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte (texts by Eichendorff) | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
96 | Four poems by Paul Heyse for a high voice with piano accompaniment | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
97 | Five songs by Johann Georg Fischer for a high voice with piano accompaniment | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
101 | Six ballads for a higher voice | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
105 | Elegiac chants (second episode) from the cycle “On my child's death” by J. von Eichendorff for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
108 | Three chants by Countess Wilhelmine von Wickenburg-Almasy for a single voice with piano accompaniment | Songs for a voice and piano | ||||
22nd | Vier Notturnos (poems by Jv Eichendorff) for four voices with accompaniment of the pianoforte (dedicated to Philipp Spitta) | Chants for several voices and piano | Texts of this work | |||
38 | Duets for soprano and tenor with accompaniment of the pianoforte (dedicated to Countess Wilhelmine Wickenburg-Almasy [poet]) | Chants for several voices and piano | ||||
73 | Three songs (poems by Fr. Hebbel), for four solo voices with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Chants for several voices and piano | Texts of this work | |||
74 | Three duets for soprano and baritone with accompaniment by the pianoforte | Chants for several voices and piano | ||||
79 | Five canons (from Goethe's Modern Greek Liebes-Skolien), for three solo sopranos (or choir) with or without accompaniment of the piano | Chants for several voices and piano | ||||
10 | Songs for mixed choir (texts by Mörike, Goethe, Eichendorff, Uhland) | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
11 | Columbus. A dramatic cantata for solos, male choir, mixed choir and large orchestra (Text: Heinrich von Herzogenberg) | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
14th | German song game. Text based on older and more recent folk songs, for solo voice and mixed choir with accompaniment of the pianoforte for four hands | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | Texts of this work | ||
26th | Songs and romances for four-part female choir a cappella or with accompaniment of the pianoforte | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
35 | Twelve German folk songs from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries for four-part mixed choir | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
55 | Der Stern des Lied's (from a poem by Robert Hamerling), ode for four-part choir and orchestra | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
56 | The consecration of the night (poem by Friedrich Hebbel), for alto solo, four-part choir and orchestra | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
57 | Six chants for mixed choir a cappella (texts by Rückert, Goethe, Eichendorff, Homburg) | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
59 | Nana's Klage (poem by Wilhelm Jordan), for soprano and alto solo, small choir and orchestra | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
98 | Six girls' songs by Paul Heyse for three-part female choir with piano accompaniment | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | Texts of this work | |||
WoO 45 | Night anthem, for baritone, choir and orchestra, text after Hebbel | Secular choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | x | |||
28 | 12 German sacred folk songs for four-part mixed choir | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
34 | Psalm 116 “That is dear to me”, for four-part mixed choir a cappella | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
57.6 | Christmas carol “Come on, light of the heathens” for six-part a cappella choir | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
60 | Psalm 94 "Lord God, whose vengeance is", for four solo voices, double choir, orchestra and organ | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
71 | King's Psalm for four-part choir and orchestra (organ ad libitum) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
72 | Requiem for four-part choir and orchestra (organ ad libitum) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | |||
80 | Death celebration . Cantata for solos, choir, orchestra and organ (written on the first anniversary of the death of his wife Elisabeth née von Stockhausen) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | |||
81 | Liturgical chants for choir a cappella - I during Advent; II At the time of Epiphany; III At the time of the passion | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
87 | Mass (E minor) for solos, choir and orchestra (organ ad libitum) (In memory of Philipp Spitta) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | grades | ||
88 | Funeral singing for tenor solo and male choir a cappella or with accompaniment of four horns, three trombones and tuba (for the inauguration of the grave monument for Philipp Spitta) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | |||
89 | Sacred chants for a high voice accompanied by violin and organ | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
90 | The birth of christ . Text from words of the holy scriptures and sacred songs compiled by Friedrich Spitta, church oratorio for solo voices, mixed choir and children's choir with accompaniment of harmonium, string instruments and oboe, and for congregational singing and organ | 1894 | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | grades | |
92 | Liturgical chants for choir a cappella - IV On Sunday of the Dead | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
93 | The passion. Church oratorio for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, for solo voices, choir, string orchestra, harmonium, community singing and organ | 1896 | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | grades | |
99 | Liturgical chants for choir a cappella (No. 5. For parish chants, choir and organ) - V. To the harvest festival | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
102 | Four chorale motets for four-part a cappella choir | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | Notes, texts of this work | |||
103 | Four motets for four-, five- and eight-part choir a cappella - 1. Praise the Lord my soul (four-part) Notes - 2. Come, holy spirit (five-part) - 3. After all, man is like nothing. Dialogue between suffering and transfigured souls (two choirs) Notes - 4. Good for those who fear the Lord (eight voices) | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | Texts of this work | |||
104 | Harvest celebration. Church oratorio for solos, choir, orchestra, congregational singing and organ | 1899 | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | CD | Notes, text of the oratorio | |
106 | Cantata about the chorale "Gott ist Gegenwart" by Gerhard Tersteegen, for community singing and choir with accompaniment of orchestra (string quintet, trumpets, timpani) and organ | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | grades | |||
109 | Two biblical scenes - 1. The sea storm. Biblical scene on the fourth Sunday after Epiphany for baritone solo and choir with accompaniment by string orchestra and organ Notes - 2. The Kananean Woman. Biblical scene on the second Sunday of the Passion for soprano and baritone solo and two-part male choir with organ accompaniment | Sacred choral music (a cappella / with instruments) | ||||
39 | Organ fantasy about the melody "Now come, the Gentile Savior" | Organ music and works with organ accompaniment | grades | |||
46 | Organ fantasy about the melody "Now all thank God" | Organ music and works with organ accompaniment | grades | |||
67 | Six chorales for the organ | Organ music and works with organ accompaniment | grades | |||
89 | Sacred chants for a high voice accompanied by violin and organ | Organ music and works with organ accompaniment | Notes, texts of this work | |||
41 | Prelude for organ for 4 hands | Organ music and works with organ accompaniment | x | |||
WoO 54 | Opera of unknown name and content, text by Heinrich von Herzogenberg | Stage works | ||||
WoO 55 | Opera Signor Formica . Text by Heinrich von Herzogenberg based on ETA Hoffmann's story. | Stage works |
Legend:
- WoO = work without opus
- Note = corresponding literature is commercially available
student
- Heinrich XXIV. Prince Reuss-Köstritz (1855–1910)
- Max Gulbins (1862-1932)
- Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
- Siegfried Fall (1877–1943)
- Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941)
literature
- Imogen Fellinger: Herzogenberg, Heinrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , pp. 743 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Konrad Klek: Herzogenberg, Heinrich von. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 584-592.
- Bernd Wiechert: Heinrich von Herzogenberg, 1843–1900: Studies on life and work (treatises on music history) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997, ISBN 978-3-525-27901-4 .
- Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with the Voigt , Preußer, Herzogenberg families and other correspondents in Leipzig , ed. by Annegret Rosenmüller and Ekaterina Smyka (= Schumann letter edition , Series II, Volume 15). Dohr, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-86846-026-1 .
Web links
- Works by and about Heinrich von Herzogenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Works by and about Heinrich von Herzogenberg in the German Digital Library
- List of works by Heinrich von Herzogenberg on Klassika
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer , website of the International Herzogenberg Society based in Heiden (Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland)
- Sheet music and audio files by Heinrich von Herzogenberg in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ after the song by Tersteegen
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Herzogenberg, Heinrich von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herzogenberg, Heinrich Peter Freiherr von; Picot de Peccaduc |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1900 |
Place of death | Wiesbaden |