Hugo Ulrich

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Hugo Ulrich (born November 26, 1827 in Opole , province of Silesia , † March 23, 1872 in Berlin ) was a German romantic composer , music teacher and arranger .

Life

Childhood and youth

Hugo Ulrich was born on November 26th, 1827 in Opole in Silesia , where his father was a senior high school teacher. He was baptized a Catholic . Both parents were enthusiastic about music; the father valued as a music teacher and piano player and the mother above all as an excellent interpreter of Mozart's arias . These first impressions in his parents' house evidently had a decisive influence on his later career. After he had lost his father at the age of nine, the rector of the Opole high school, Kotzoldt, gave him piano and organ lessons. He recognized an extraordinary talent in Hugo Ulrich and paved the way for him as a professional musician at a young age. Barely twelve years old, he also lost his mother, which left the boy not only orphaned, but also practically destitute. Nevertheless, he first came to the Catholic high school St. Matthias in Breslau , where he received maintenance and free lessons as a scholarship holder, but had to perform church music: He worked here as an alto and had to play the organ at the high school service . It was here that he received his first thorough bass lessons from the then cathedral organist Moritz Brosig . To the great grief of his guardian Kotzoldt and his relatives, he neglected other subjects out of love for music, which is why he was transferred to Glogau in 1846 to complete his high school education there. In the same year he “happily passed” his Abitur exams and then moved to Berlin to study music there.

Studies

The Breslau University Music Director Mosewius , who taught him singing himself and was one of his patrons, had recommended the young Ulrich to the then most famous Berlin music professor, Marx . However, he did not accept him as a student, allegedly only because he could not pay him the desired fee. On the recommendation of Giacomo Meyerbeer , then general music director of the Berlin Opera, he studied with the then highly esteemed music theorist and composition teacher Siegfried Dehn at the Stern Conservatory for over two years.

Life and work

Dealing with Siegfried Dehn had such a fruitful effect on Hugo Ulrich that he caused a general sensation with his first works for chamber music (e.g. the Trio op. 1 dedicated to Dehn) as well as with his two symphonies. His B minor symphony, which appeared in 1852, soon made the rounds through the major concert halls in Germany and with his “Symphonie Triomphale” he won the Grand Prize of the Royal Belgian Academy in Brussels in 1853 . When he attended the public premiere in Brussels on September 27, 1853, he earned enthusiastic applause from the audience; This symphony had the same success every time it was performed in different locations. From then on, new creations by the young composer were eagerly awaited. However, these two symphonies should represent the pinnacle of his work. At least from then on he was able to lead the life of a recognized artist. Bad luck, envy, resentment and his idiosyncratic character prevented his ascent to the greatest musicians of his time, when there was no lack of great talents. And because of the insufficiently developed copyright law at the time , Hugo Ulrich struggled with financial hardship despite his great success as a composer and arranger . Even then, the music business was not easy.

In September 1855 he was finally decided to travel to the country he longed for, Italy , which he entered with great plans for new works. He lived in Venice , Turin , Genoa , Rome and Milan . Inspired by the “Land of Miracles”, he soon began to work again: An opera: “Bertran de Born”, for which Max Ring had written the text for him, occupied him seriously, among other things, until the external circumstances brought him back to Germany drove.

In March 1858 he returned to Berlin , but soon almost completely lost the creative joy of his youth - probably because of the excessive self-demands that put him under great pressure due to his earlier successes. Between February 1859 and April 1862 he taught composition at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, where he previously studied. Hermann Goetz was one of his most famous students . However, he soon gave up teaching completely because his emerging kidney disease probably made teaching difficult for him. From then on he devoted himself mainly to the arrangements for piano , on which he worked in his Berlin apartment, in order to later send them to his publishers Leupertz in Breslau and CF Peters in Leipzig . These are still among the best of their kind, and the artist himself perished in the process. He still managed to complete the greater part of his opera and, among other things, began a third symphony in G major. Hugo Ulrich recently suffered from the fact that his later works were not really recognized by the professional world - possibly no less than the painful kidney disease to which he succumbed at the age of 45 (according to Mendel-Reissmann) on March 23, 1872. Other sources, however, give May 23, 1872 as the date of his death. He was buried in Berlin-Wedding in the Catholic cemetery in Liesenstrasse.

Services

Hugo Ulrich was regarded among his contemporaries as “one of the most talented composers of the present”, as Hermann Mendel put it. In his Musikalischer Konversationslexikon he devoted a rather extensive article to him, which to date has remained the most detailed trace of his life. Today Hugo Ulrich is best known for his numerous (over 200) piano arrangements for two and four hands. But his own compositions are also characterized by high standards. It was not for nothing that his symphony in C major (also called "Symphonie Triomphale") was chosen by the Kgl. Belgian Academy with prize money of 1500 francs and was premiered in Brussels on September 27, 1853 for the wedding of the Duke of Brabant (later King Leopold II of Belgium) to the Habsburg Marie-Henriette . For some time afterwards it was played frequently all over Germany.

Works

Arrangements

A.

  • Abu Hassan, J.106 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • Alceste , Wq.44 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)
  • Armide , Wq.45 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)

B.

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini, Gioacchino)
  • The ruler of spirits, Op.27 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • Famous overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Mendelssohn, Bellini, Rossini (Various)

C.

  • Le calife de Baghdad (Boieldieu, François Adrien)
  • Cello Sonata No.1, Op.5 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Cello Sonata No.2, Op.5 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Cello Sonata No.3, Op.69 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Cello Sonata No.4, Op.102 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Cello Sonata No.5, Op.102 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • La clemenza di Tito, K.621 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Collection d'Ouvertures (Various)
  • Concerto for piano for four hands (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Credo a 8 voci (Cherubini, Luigi)

D.

  • La dame blanche (Boieldieu, François Adrien)
  • Don Giovanni, K.527 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Duos, trios, quartets, quintets, octets and symphonies (Schubert, Franz)
  • Duos, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

E.

  • The Abduction from the Seraglio, K.384 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • The First Walpurgis Night, Op.60 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
  • Euryanthe, Op.81 (Weber, Carl Maria von)

F.

  • Fantasia in C minor, Op.80 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Faust (Spohr, Louis)
  • The rock mill of Estalières, Op.71 (Reissiger, Carl Gottlieb)
  • Fernand Cortez (Spontini, Gaspare)
  • La fille du regiment (Donizetti, Gaetano)
  • La finta giardiniera, K.196 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Der Freischütz, Op.77 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • Fugue in D major, Op.137 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

G

  • Galop and Ecossaises, D.735 (Schubert, Franz)
  • La gazza ladra (Rossini, Gioacchino)
  • 18 German Dances and Ecossaises, D. 783 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Grande ouverture, J.54 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • 12 Graz Waltz, D.924 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Great Fugue, Op.133 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

I.

  • I Capuleti ei Montecchi (Bellini, Vincenzo)
  • Idomeneo, K.366 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq.40 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald)
  • L'italiana in Algeri (Rossini, Gioacchino)

J

  • Jean de Paris (Boieldieu, François Adrien)
  • Jessonda, WoO 53 (Spohr, Louis)
  • Joseph (Méhul, Etienne Nicolas)
  • Jubilation Overture, Op.59 (Weber, Carl Maria von)

K

M.

  • Le maçon (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)
  • Mass for the Coronation of Charles X (Cherubini, Luigi)
  • Mass in C major (Cherubini, Luigi)
  • Mass in F major (Cherubini, Luigi)
  • Il matrimonio segreto (Cimarosa, Domenico)
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai, Otto)
  • Missa solemnis in D minor (Cherubini, Luigi)
  • La muette de Portici (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

N

  • Norma (Bellini, Vincenzo)

O

  • Oberon, J.306 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • 36 original dances, D.365 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Orlando paladino , Hob.XXVIII: 11 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Overtures for piano and violin (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Overtures by Gluck, Haydn, Mehul, Paer and Cimarosa (Ulrich, Hugo)
  • Overture album (Ulrich, Hugo)

P

  • Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K.450 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat major, K.482 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K.493 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op.1 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Piano Trio in G major, Op.1 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • 3 piano trios, Hob.XV: 27-29 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Preciosa, Op.78 (Weber, Carl Maria von)

Q

  • Quartets for piano 4 hands (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Quintet in E-flat major, K.452 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Quintet in E-flat major, Op.16 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

R.

  • Requiem in C minor (Cherubini, Luigi)
  • Requiem in D minor (Cherubini, Luigi)

S.

  • All overtures (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • Complete Overtures (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Sargino (Paër, Ferdinando)
  • The Drama Director, K.486 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Serenade in D major, Op.8 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Serenade in D major, Op.25 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Sextet in E-flat major, Op.71 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Sextet in E-flat major, Op.81b (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Silvana, J.87 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
  • Sofonisba (Paër, Ferdinando)
  • String Quartet No.1, Op.18 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.2, Op.18 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.3, Op.18 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.4, Op.18 No.4 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.5, Op.18 No.5 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.6, Op.18 No.6 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.7, Op.59 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.8, Op.59 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.9, Op.59 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.10, D.87 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.10, Op.74 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.11, D.353 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.11, Op.95 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.12, D.703 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.12, Op.127 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.13, D.804 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.13, Op.130 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.14 in G major, K.387 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.14, D.810 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.14, Op.131 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421 / 417b (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.15, D.887 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Quartet No.15, Op.132 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.16 in E-flat major, K.428 / 421b (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.16, Op.135 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartet No.17 in B-flat major, K.458 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.18 in A major, K.464 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.20 in D major, K.499 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.21 in D major, K.575 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.22 in B-flat major, K.589 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quartet No.23 in F major, K.590 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • 6 String Quartets, Op.18 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quartets, Op.54 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • String Quartets, Op.64 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • String Quartets, Op.74 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • String Quartets, Op.76 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • String Quintet in C major, Op.29 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quintet in E-flat major, Op.4 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • String Quintet No.2 in C minor, K.406 / 516b (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quintet No.3 in C major, K.515 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quintet No.4 in G minor, K.516 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quintet No.5 in D major, K.593 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quintet No.6 in E-flat major, K.614 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • String Quintet, D. 956 (Schubert, Franz)
  • String Trio in E-flat major, Op.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • 3 String Trios, Op.9 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Symphonies for piano four hands (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Symphonies for piano for four hands (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.4, D.417 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Symphony No.5, D.485 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Symphony No.8, D.759 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Symphony No.9, D.944 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Symphony No.9, Op.125 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.36 in C major, K.425 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.38 in D major, K.504 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Symphony No.45 in F-sharp minor, Hob.I: 45 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.48 in C major, Hob.I: 48 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.55 in E-flat major, Hob.I: 55 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.73 in D major, Hob.I: 73 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.82 in C major, Hob.I: 82 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.83 in G minor, Hob.I: 83 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.85 in B-flat major, Hob.I: 85 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.86 in D major, Hob.I: 86 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.88 in G major, Hob.I: 88 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.90 in C major, Hob.I: 90 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.91 in E-flat major, Hob.I: 91 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.92 in G major, Hob.I: 92 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.93 in D major, Hob.I: 93 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.94 in G major, Hob.I: 94 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.95 in C minor, Hob.I: 95 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.96 in D major, Hob.I: 96 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.97 in C major, Hob.I: 97 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.98 in B-flat major, Hob.I: 98 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.99 in E-flat major, Hob.I: 99 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.100 in G major, Hob.I: 100 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.101 in D major, Hob.I: 101 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.102 in B-flat major, Hob.I: 102 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.103 in E-flat major, Hob.I: 103 (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I: 104 (Haydn, Joseph)

T

  • Tancredi (Rossini, Gioacchino)
  • Thamos, King in Egypt, K.345 / 336a (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Trio in B flat major, Op.11 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Trio in C major, Op.87 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Trios, quartets and symphonies by Joseph Haydn (Haydn, Joseph)
  • Trios, quartets, quintets, concerts and symphonies (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
  • Triple Concerto, Op.56 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Turandot, Op.37 (Weber, Carl Maria von)

V

  • 12 Valses nobles, D.969 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Valses sentimentales, D.779 (Schubert, Franz)
  • La vestale (Spontini, Gaspare)
  • Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.1, Op.12 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.2, Op.12 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.3, Op.12 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.4, Op.23 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.6, Op.30 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.7, Op.30 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.8, Op.30 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.9, Op.47 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
  • Violin Sonata No.10, Op.96 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

W.

  • 20 Waltzes, D. 146 (Schubert, Franz)
  • 38 Waltzes, Länders and Ecossaises, D.145 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Wiener Damen-Länders and Ecossaisen, D.734 (Schubert, Franz)
  • Winterreise, D.911 (Schubert, Franz)

Y

  • Yelva (Reissiger, Carl Gottlieb)

Z

  • Zampa (Hérold, Ferdinand)

Cello sonata

  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major op.5 (18xx)

Piano music

  • Evening songs: Preghiera op.13, No. 1 (18xx)
  • Evening songs: Nocturne op.13, No. 2 (18xx)
  • Three piano pieces: Barcarole op.14, no.1 (18xx)
  • Three piano pieces: Ballade op.14, No. 2 (18xx)
  • Three piano pieces: Capriccio op.14, No. 3 (18xx)

Piano trio

  • Piano Trio op.1 (1851)

Songs

  • Five songs: Near the Beloved op.8 No. 1 (18xx)
  • Five songs: It pulls so painfully around your lips op.8 No. 2 (18xx)
  • Five songs: To the moon op.8 No. 3 (18xx)
  • Five songs: Volksweise op.8 No. 4 (18xx)
  • Five songs: Geistliches Abendlied op.8 No. 5 (18xx)
  • Three songs: Mailied op.10 No. 1 (18xx)
  • Three songs: O don't ask! op. 10 No. 2 (18xx)
  • Three songs: Lied auf der Wacht op.10 No. 3 (18xx)
  • Five Chants: Go to Rest, Op. 11 No. 1 (18xx)
  • Five songs: Lazzaroni-Lied op.11 No. 2 (18xx)
  • Five Chants: Evening by the Sea op.11 No. 3 (18xx)
  • Five songs: Merry ride op.11 No. 4 (18xx)
  • Five chants: The evening bell op.11 No. 5 (18xx)
  • Stromfahrt op.12 No. 1 (1862)

Operas

  • Bertran de Born (unfinished) op.15 (18XX)

Overtures

  • Festival Overture for Orchestra op.15 (18XX)

Scherzi

  • Scherzo op.3 (18XX)
  • 4 Scherzi op.16 (18XX)

serenade

  • Serenade op.4 (18XX)

String quartet

  • String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 7 (18XX)

Symphonies

  • Symphony in B minor, Op. 6 (1852)
  • Symphony in C major "Triumphant" op. 9 (1853)
  • Symphony in G major (unfinished)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mendel-Reissmann Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, Vol. 10. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 370
  2. ^ Hugo Riemann: Hugo Riemanns Musik-Lexikon. Hesse, Berlin, Leipzig 1916
  3. ↑ Mendel-Reissmann Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, Vol. 10. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 370
  4. ^ [Mendel-Reissmann Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, Vol. 10. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 370]
  5. ↑ See list of teachers at the Stern Conservatory (1850–1936)
  6. ↑ There is evidence that he was taught by Dehn, but does not appear in the student lists of the Stern Conservatory.
  7. ↑ Mendel-Reissmann Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, Vol. 10. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 371
  8. ^ Hugo Riemanns Musik-Lexikon. Hesse, Berlin 1916
  9. ↑ Mendel-Reissmann Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon, Vol. 10. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 369
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ullrich, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Opole , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1872
Place of death Berlin