Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer, 1842)
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (born May 5, 1842 in Frauenthal , Styria , † October 15, 1899 in Bad Vöslau , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian composer and conductor .
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, brother of the composer Robert Fuchs , had worked as a conductor in Preßburg , Brünn , Cologne , Hamburg and Leipzig and in 1880 became Kapellmeister at the Vienna Court Opera (1894 Vice-Courtmaster). In 1888 he came to the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna , where he taught among others Alexander von Zemlinsky and Franz Haböck . In 1893 Fuchs was appointed director of the conservatory. He composed operas and incidental music and arranged operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck , Friedrich Handel and Franz Schubert . He also worked as a consultant for the Schubert Complete Edition by Breitkopf & Härtel .
literature
- Alfons Ott: Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 672 ( digitized version ).
- Fox Johann Nepomuk. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 379.
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Nepomuk Fuchs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer, 1842) in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
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| SURNAME | Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frauental an der Laßnitz , Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1899 |
| Place of death | Bad Vöslau , Lower Austria |