Johann Baptist Henneberg
Johann Baptist Henneberg (born December 5, 1768 in Vienna ; † November 27, 1822 there ) was an Austrian composer , pianist , organist and conductor .
Life
Henneberg was Kapellmeister at the Freihaustheater from 1790 to 1801 , then at the Theater an der Wien until 1803 . He later got a job as an organist with Prince Nikolaus II Esterházy de Galantha in Eisenstadt , where he also conducted opera performances. From 1814 Henneberg Regenschori was at the Hofkirche in Vienna, and from 1818 to 1822 also organist in the imperial court music band.
Henneberg played a major role in the preparation of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute . After Mozart had conducted the premieres on September 30th and October 1st, 1791, Henneberg also took over the direction of the subsequent performances. Henneberg also created several operas himself, which were very popular at the time.
In 1797, together with Ludwig van Beethoven , he composed minuets and German dances for a masked ball of the pension society of visual artists, which were performed on November 26, 1797 in the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg .
Works (operas)
- The Philosopher's Stone or The Magic Island , together with Benedikt Schack , Franz Xaver Gerl , Emanuel Schikaneder and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , premiered on September 11, 1790 in the Freihaustheater
- The honest farmer , 1792
- The Charitable Dervish , 1793
- The Iron Queen , 1793
- The Woodmen , 1793
- The scissors grinder , 1795
- The hunter girl , 1798
- Konrad Langbart von Friedburg , 1799
- Mina and Peru , 1799
literature
- Peter Branscombe and David J. Buch, “Henneberg, Johann Baptist,” Grove music online.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Henneberg, Johann Baptist . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 304 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Egon von Komorzynski : Henneberg, Johann Baptist . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 191 f.
- Robert Haas , Viennese musician before and around Beethoven , Vienna-Prague-Leipzig 1927
- Henneberg Johann Bapt .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 273 f. (Direct links on p. 273 , p. 274 ). (with wrong life dates)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Lorenz : “New research results on the theater on the Wieden and Emanuel Schikaneder”, Wiener Geschichtsblätter, 4/2008, (Association for the History of the City of Vienna), Vienna 2008, 15–36.
- ↑ Ibid.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henneberg, Johann Baptist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, pianist, organist and Kapellmeister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1822 |
| Place of death | Vienna |