Jakob Green
Jakob Moritz Grün (born March 13, 1837 in Pest , Austrian Empire , † October 1, 1916 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian violinist of Hungarian origin.
Life
Jakob Grün received his first music lessons in Pest and then learned to play the violin privately with Joseph Böhm in Vienna. Then he was a student of Moritz Hauptmann at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music .
From 1858–61 he was first violinist in the court orchestra in Weimar , then until 1865 in the court orchestra in Hanover . In the following years he went on concert tours as a soloist through Germany, Holland and England.
On October 1, 1868 he became concertmaster of the Imperial and Royal Vienna Court Opera Orchestra ( Vienna Philharmonic ) and remained a member of the orchestra until 1897. From 1877 to 1908 he was also a teacher at the Vienna Conservatory and trained an entire generation in the tradition of the Vienna violin school. His students include a. Adolf Bak, Carl Flesch , Rosa Hochmann , Franz Kneisel , Fritz Kreisler , Max Lewinger , Franz Mairecker , Hans Wessely and Max Weißgärber .
Grün's apartment was at Heugasse 18 (today Prinz-Eugen-Straße) in Wieden .
His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery, 1st Gate .
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
- Golden Cross of Merit with the crown
- Royal Romanian Medal for Art and Science "Bene merenti" 1st class
- K. k. Professor title
- Honorary member of the Vienna Tonkünstler Association .
literature
- Adolph Kohut : Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Mankind , 1901 biography of Jakob Grün
- Jakob Green. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 86 f. (Direct links on p. 86 , p. 87 ).
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 1: A-I. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 467f.
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher, Christian Fastl: Green, Jakob Moritz. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
- Obituaries:
- Professor JM Grün .. In: Neue Freie Presse , October 2, 1916, p. 8 (online at ANNO ). ( 1st column below )
- Professor JM Grün died. In: Österreichische Volks-Zeitung / Kleine Volks-Zeitung / Volks-Zeitung , October 3, 1916, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). ( 4th column below ) and p. 7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolph Lehmann 's general housing indicator from 1890, list of names 3rd evidence. Residents of Vienna and the surrounding area. P. 475 ( 2nd column in the middle ). Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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SURNAME | Green, Jacob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grün, Jakob Moritz (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1837 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1916 |
Place of death | Baden , Vienna |