Franz Seydelmann
Johann Nikolaus Franz Seydelmann (born October 8, 1748 in Dresden ; † October 17, 1806 there ) was a German singer (tenor) and composer .
Life
He was the son of the electoral chamber musician Francesco Seydelmann (Franz Joseph Seydelmann). His brother was the sepia painter Jakob Crescenz Seydelmann . In 1765 Franz went to Italy with Johann Gottlieb Naumann and trained as a tenor and then worked as such for the rest of his life. In 1772 he was a church composer in Dresden and became Kapellmeister on January 20, 1787. He wrote operas (for example Il turco in Italia ), singspiels, songs, three oratorios and 36 masses. His Mass No. 27 for solos, choir and orchestra was performed at Christmas 2009 and 2016 in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden .
Some of his Masonic songs have been published in paperback for social enjoyment as well as in the Masonic Songbook of the Apple Lodge. Seydelmann died in Dresden in 1806 and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery.
For the city anniversary of Dresden, Henriette Sehmsdorf staged the oratorio La mort d'Abèle ( The Death of Abel ), which was performed on June 2, 2006 in the Hygiene Museum .
Works (selection)
- 1776: Arias from the Schöne Arsene. A singing play in 4 acts (Libretto August Gottlieb Meißner )
- 1776: Gioas re di Giuda (oratorio; libretto: Pietro Metastasio )
- 1781: 6 sonata a quattro mani
- 1788: Il Turco in Italia (dramma giocoso)
- 1801: La mort d'Abèle ( The death of Abel ; oratorio; libretto: Pietro Metastasio)
estate
The compositional estate of Franz Seydelmann is kept in the music department of the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (shelf mark: Mus.3550-…). It contains music autographs, copies and prints totaling around 350 catalog numbers.
literature
- Rudolf Cahn-Speyer : Franz Seydelmann as a dramatic composer . Univ., Diss., Munich 1908.
- Robert Eitner : Seydelmann, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 84 f.
- Friedrich August Freiherr O'Byrn: Giovanni Casanova and the Comici italiani at the Polish-Saxon court . In: New Archive for Saxon History and Archeology, 1st Vol. Dresden 1880, pp. 289 ff.
- Andrea Hartmann: Seydelmann, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 289 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Franz Seydelmann's estate in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
- Dresden advertising ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Franz Seydelmann at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrike Kollmar: Program leaflet for the performance of the fair on December 25, 2016 in Dresden
- ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seydelmann, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seydelmann, Johann Nikolaus Franz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer (tenor) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1806 |
| Place of death | Dresden |