Jean Joseph Bott
Jean Joseph Bott (born March 9, 1826 in Kassel , † April 28, 1895 in New York ) was a German violinist and composer .
Life
Bott was the son of the Kassel court musician A. Bott, who also gave him his first musical training. At the age of nine he went on his first tour of the Netherlands with his father . After receiving a Mozart scholarship in 1841, he began studying in Kassel with Louis Spohr (violin) and Moritz Hauptmann (theory and composition). After two years of study, he joined the Kassel court orchestra, where he became concertmaster at the age of 17 .
In 1846 he went on a tour through Germany. He played before Wilhelm I and was accompanied by Franz Liszt and Giacomo Meyerbeer . In 1852 he became second Kapellmeister in Kassel - alongside Spohr.
In 1857 he became court conductor of the court orchestra in Meiningen and in 1865 took the same position in Hanover as the successor to Joseph Joachim . Retired in 1878, he went to Magdeburg and in 1880 to Braunschweig , where he put together an encyclopedia on musicians and music. In 1883 he gave concerts in Hamburg .
In 1885 he moved to New York and reportedly died of grief over the loss of his Stradivarius violin from 1725, which was stolen from him on March 31, 1894.
After Bott's death, a violin was found in Victor S. Fletcher's shop at 23 Union Square , which, according to his widow, was the stolen violin.
Works
As a composer, Bott stood out in particular with two operas. He has also published violin concertos, songs and a symphony.
literature
- Hugo Riemann ’s Musik-Lexikon , 10th edition, edited by Alfred Einstein , Berlin 1922, p. 151
Individual evidence
- ^ Musician Bott's Violin , in: New York Times , July 6, 1895 ( digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bott, Jean Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1895 |
| Place of death | new York |