Johann Christoph Grünbaum
Johann Christoph Grünbaum , also Johann Christoff Grünbaum ( October 28, 1785 in Haslau , Kingdom of Bohemia - January 10, 1870 in Berlin , Prussia ) was a Bohemian opera singer ( tenor ), singing teacher and translator of Italian and French libretti .
Life
He received his musical training as a discantist in the Cistercian monastery Waldsassen in the Upper Palatinate . From 1804 to 1807 he worked at the Regensburg City Theater and then went to the Prague Estates Theater , where he stayed until 1818. There he sang Mozart roles (including "Don Ottavio" in the German-language premiere of Don Giovanni ), after which he worked at the Vienna Kärntnertortheater . After losing his voice, he and his wife Therese Grünbaum (daughter of the composer Wenzel Müller ) moved to Berlin in 1832 , where he worked as a singing teacher and translated Italian and French opera texts as well as the Grand Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modern by Hector Berlioz .
The German translation of the text for Giuseppe Verdi's Kanzone La donna è mobile (“ O how so deceptive are women's hearts! ”) Comes from him and has become a catchphrase . The German version of the opera Rigoletto premiered on January 30, 1853 in Stuttgart .
His children Caroline , Carl and Josef Grünbaum were also singers.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Johann Christoph Grünbaum . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 360 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Barbara Boisits: Grünbaum, family. 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 .
- Grünbaum, Johann Christoph (1785–1870), singer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 87.
Web links
- Johann Christoph Grünbaum in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Johann Christoph Grünbaum in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Krause : Oper A – Z: An opera guide . Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1979, p. 536.
- ↑ Therese Grünbaum . In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 2000, pp. 9652-9654.
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| SURNAME | Grünbaum, Johann Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grünbaum, Johann Christoff |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian opera singer (tenor), singing teacher and translator of Italian and French libretti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haslau , Kingdom of Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1870 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Prussia |