Hermann Riedel

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Hermann Riedel

Hermann Riedel (born January 2, 1847 in Burg (near Magdeburg) , † October 6, 1913 in Braunschweig ) was a German composer .

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Riedel studied piano with Josef Dachs and composition with Felix Otto Dessoff at the Vienna Conservatory . In 1874 he became a répétiteur at the Vienna Court Opera . Arthur Schnitzler reports in his autobiography Jugend in Wien that he received piano lessons from Riedel during this time and that he had him appear as an episode character in his first novel, The Path to the Outdoors .

In 1878 Riedel settled in Braunschweig , where he became Kapellmeister at the Ducal Court Theater . From 1882 to 1911 he was court conductor of the Braunschweiger Hofkapelle and director of the court theater ensemble.

Riedel is mainly known as the composer of Scheffel's trumpet songs, a song cycle that he wrote on texts from the popular "epic poem" Der Trompeter von Säckingen by Joseph Victor von Scheffel . He also composed the comic opera Der Ritterschlag , as well as a number of chamber music works. To this day, his choir pieces of Christmas carols such as O you merry or Silent Night, Holy Night are relocated and performed.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arthur Schnitzler : Youth in Vienna. (Arthur Schnitzler commemorative edition.) Jazzybee Verlag, Altenmünster 2012, ISBN 978-3-8496-3557-2 . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Hermann Riedel. Łańcut Castle Museum, accessed December 29, 2013 .
  3. ^ Emil Naumann : Illustrirte Musikgeschichte . tape 2 . Spemann, Berlin / Stuttgart 1885, p. 1058 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Songs by Jung Werner's and Margaretha's from Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at recmusic.org  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.recmusic.org
  5. ^ Hermann Riedel (comp.), Salomon Hermann Mosenthal (libretto): Der Ritterschlag. Comic opera in two acts. 1880 ( digitized version ( memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note from the libretto). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.europeana.eu
  6. ^ Hermann Riedel at Carus-Verlag
  7. ↑ Hermann Riedel: The Holy Night (PDF, 111 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Riedel, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riedel, Karl Hermann Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle (near Magdeburg)
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1913
Place of death Braunschweig