Henry Litolff
Henry Charles Litolff (born February 6, 1818 in London , † August 6, 1891 in Colombes ) was an English piano virtuoso , composer and music publisher .
Life
Litolff received piano lessons from Ignaz Moscheles as a child . From 1835 he was a piano teacher in Melun near Paris . After a sensational concert in Paris in 1840, he went on concert tours to Brussels , Leipzig , Dresden , Prague , Berlin and Amsterdam . From 1841 to 1844 he was theater conductor in Warsaw . From 1847 to 1860 he lived in Braunschweig , where in 1856 he gave his name to the publishing house he directed and founded in 1828 by Gottfried Martin Meyer († 1846) - Henry Litolff's Verlag , under his adopted son Theodor Litolff (born March 18, 1839; † March 10, 1912) from 1864 Collection Litolff . He then lived as a pianist and composer in Paris.
Litolff composed three operas and several operettas , a violin concerto, an oratorio , two overtures , piano pieces and songs .
His five “concert symphonies” for piano and orchestra, which are still played today, are considered excellent music for piano virtuosos. CD recordings were made by Moura Lympany , Misha Dichter , Shura Cherkassky and Peter Donohoe , for example .
Litolff is dedicated to a street in Braunschweig.
Works
- Salvator Rosa , 1845
- Catherine Howard , 1847
- Concerto symphonique No. 3 in E flat major, op. 45 “Concert national Hollandais”
- The Bride of the Cynast , great romantic opera after Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann , 1847
- Maximilien Robespierre, Concert Overture (1856)
- Rodrique de Tolède , Opera, around 1860
- Le Chevalier Nahal ou La Gageure du diable , Comic Opera, 1866
- La Boîte de Pandore , Opéra bouffe, 1871
- Héloise et Abélard , Comic Opera, 1872
- La Belle au bois dormant , fairy opera, 1874
- La Fiancée du roi de Garbe , Comic Opera, 1874
- La Mandragore , comic opera after Alexandre Dumas , 1876
- Les Templiers , Opera, 1886
- L'Escadron volant de la reine , Komische Oper, 1888
- Le Roi Lear , opera
literature
- Imogen Fellinger: Litolff, Henry Charles. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 706 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Carl Krebs: Litolff, Henry Charles . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 49 f.
- NN: Fifty years of the Litolff Collection. House chronicle from Henry Litolff's publishing house. Albert Limbach, Braunschweig 1914.
- Ulrich Niebuhr: Henry Litolff (1818-1891). Significance and influence in the musical life of Russia. Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag (DWV), Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-86888-028-1 .
- Mechthild Wiswe : Litolff, Henry Charles. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 385 .
- Willi Wöhler: Litolff Verlag u. Collection. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 146 .
Discography
- Concerto Symphonique No. 2 in B minor, op.22, and Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, op.102.Soloist: Peter Donohoe, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Andrew Litton. Hyperion Records , London 1997
- Symphonic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in E flat major, op. 45 “National Hollandais” and No. 5 in C minor, op. 123 (first recording), soloist: Peter Donohoe, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Andrew Litton. Hyperion Records , London 2001
Web links
- Works by and about Henry Litolff in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Henry Litolff in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Luitgard Camerer, Manfred Garzmann, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf on behalf of the city of Braunschweig (ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . 4th edition. Meyer, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , pp. 146 .
- ^ Richard Moderhack: Braunschweiger Stadtgeschichte . Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-87884-050-0 , p. 170 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Litolff, Henry |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Litolff, Henry Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English piano virtuoso, composer and music publisher |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1891 |
Place of death | Colombes |