Hofkapelle Stuttgart

The Württembergische Hofkapelle Stuttgart was the musical band of the Württemberg ruling house .

history

The chapel was described as early as the 16th century and had changing occupations over the centuries.

In 1617 it consisted of 50 “excellent singers” and was affiliated with the princely chamber music ensemble, in 1699 it consisted of 11 band boys; In the period from 1736 to 1750, choir singers and band boys were brought in from the chapel to perform operas. During this time, the court orchestra evidently changed into an opera choir, from which the Stuttgart State Opera Choir would later emerge, while an orchestra developed under the name Hofkapelle.

In 1818 subscription concerts were introduced under Johann Nepomuk Hummel. This promoted the development of the orchestra from a court orchestra to a modern symphony orchestra. Today's Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart follows the tradition of the Württemberg court orchestra.

Since 2002 the conductor Frieder Bernius has named his Baroque Orchestra Stuttgart , founded in 1991, as the Hofkapelle Stuttgart.

Hofkapellmeister

Well-known musicians of the Hofkapelle Stuttgart were:

Hofkapellmeister :

• 1552–1554 Sigmund Hemmel (since 1544 as tenor, later as composer until his death in 1565)
• 1554 - ???? Philip Weber
• 1572–1589 Ludwig Daser
• 1589–1594 Balduin Hoyoul (since 1561 discantist , since 1565 altist and composer)
• 1594–1606 Leonhard Lechner (tenor since approx. 1585)
• 1607 - ???? Ludwig Hoyoul
• 1608–1611 Johann Konrad Raab
• 1611–1621 Tobias Salomon
• 1621–1637 Basilius Froberger , father of Johann Jakob Froberger
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• 1650–1657 Carl Michael Linder
• 1657–1665 Samuel Capricornus
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• 1676–1688 Johann Friderich Mack
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• 1690–1700 Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659–1732)
• 1700–1704 Johann Sigismund Kusser
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• 1706–1716 Johann Christoph Pez , senior music director
• 1717–1737 Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
• 1738–1744 Johann Daniel Hardt , senior conductor
• 1744–1755 Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello , again (for the second time) senior music director
• 1750–1753 Ignaz Holzbauer , senior music director
• 1753–1768 Niccolò Jommelli (also court opera composer)
• 1770–1777 Antonio Boroni
• 1779–1781 Ferdinando Mazzanti
• 1783-1792 Agostino Poli
• -1796 Johann Georg Distler (1781–1796 at the court chapel, most recently as chapel director)
• 1792–1802 Johann Rudolph Zumsteeg (1760–1802) (1781–1791 as cellist)
• 1803–1806 (?) Johann Friedrich Kranz
• 1806–1808 Justin Heinrich Knecht
• 1807–1812 Franz Danzi
• 1812–1816 Conradin Kreutzer
• 1816–1818 Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• 1819–1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner
• 1851–1861 Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken
• 1861–1867 (?) Karl Anton Eckert
• 1865–1898 Karl Doppler
• 1867–1888 Johann Joseph Abert (1853–1867 as a double bass player)
• 1888–1891 (?) Paul Klengel
• 1891–1895 Hermann Zumpe
• 1895–1900 Aloys Obrist
• 1898–1903 Hugo Reichenberger
• 1900–1907 Karl Pohlig
• around 1904 (?)… Schinte
• 1905-at least around 1912 Erich Band
• until 1908 Matthäus Pitteroff
• 1908–1918 Max von Schillings (General Music Director)

Other musicians

• Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (mentioned as a member of the band since 1639)
• Johann Michael Nicolai (1655–1685 violonist)
• Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (Johann Joseph Rudolph) (1760–1766 first horn player)
• Pietro Nardini (1763–1765 concertmaster)
• Johannes Nisle (1763–1766 second horn player, 1766–1773 first horn player)
• Ludwig Abeille (from 1802 concertmaster, 1815 court organist)
• Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Nisle (1805–1835 cellist)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1806–1807 music director)
• Josef Rudolf Lewy (1819–1826 horn player and violist)
• Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle (1821–1824 violist)
• Wenzel Neukirchner (1829–1889 bassoonist)
• Joseph Huber (from 1865 as violinist and composer)
• Hugo Wehrle , music director for 30 years from 1868, together with Edmund Singer

literature

• Reinhard Nägele (Ed.): Music and musicians at the Stuttgart court theater (1750-1918) . Sources and studies, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-88282-054-3 .

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1. ↑ The dates given for the respective work as court conductor in Stuttgart are not documented in all cases and can therefore only be used as a guideline
2. ↑ In Nägele (ed.) On page 30, Hardt is portrayed as senior conductor from 1739 to 1745, and as conductor from 1746 to 1755 (deviating from the previous representation in the Wikipedia article, which only assumes the rank of senior concertmaster from 1738 to 1745)
3. ↑ In Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg it is only once, in the band from 1908, but instead with the first name Erich as Richard Band , court music, along with Matthew Pitteroff mentioned