Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (born November 9, 1821 in Guebwiller , † May 20, 1910 in Trottsberg, near Guebwiller) was a French composer and music editor.
Weckerlin studied at the Paris Conservatory , among others with Jacques Fromental Halévy . From 1850 to 1885 he was conductor of the "Société Sainte-Cécile" and from 1863 archivist of the "Société des Compositeurs de Musique". From 1876 to 1909 he was head of the library at the Paris Conservatory.
Works
He composed a total of 20 works for the stage, operas, operettas and two operas in the Colmar dialect, as well as numerous choral works and songs. He was the editor of several compilations of French folk songs, he published a "Histoire de l'intrumentation" and wrote a catalog of the works in the library of the Conservatory.
- as a composer
- Après Fontenoy or some to some. Comic opera in one act . Paris 1877 (Premiere Théâtre-Lyrique ).
- Chansons populaires de l'Alsace . Edition Gyss, Schirmeck 1984, ISBN 2-902912-37-4 (reprint of the Paris 1883 edition).
- Dreyfach Hochzitt em Bäsathal. Loscht's Opärettla en 3 Actä . Colmar 1860 (libretto by Jean Thomas Mangold ).
- La Laitière de Trianon. Operetta in one act .
- L'Organiste dans l'embarras. Comic opera in one act . Paris 1853 (Premiere Théâtre-Lyrique)
- Les Revenants bretons. Opéra de salon in one act . Paris 1855 (UA Salle Herz).
- D'r tangled up autumn. Lust operett on Colmarditsch in 4 acts . Sutter, Rixheim 1907 (libretto by Jean Thomas Mangold).
- Tout est bien qui finit bien. Opéra de salon 1 act . Paris 1856 (libretto freely based on William Shakespeare ).
- as a processor
- Jean-Baptiste Lully : Le bourgeois gentilhomme. Comédie-ballet in 5 acts . Durand, Paris 184 (libretto by Molière ).
- Christoph Willibald von Gluck : La rencontre imprévue ou les pélerins de la Mecque. Opéra-comique . Legouix, Paris 1920 (libretto by Dancourt )
literature
- Lutz Röhricht: Collected writings on folk song and folk ballads research . Waxmann, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-8309-1213-7 .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guebwiller , in Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1910 |
| Place of death | Guebwiller |