Joseph Triebensee

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Joseph Triebensee, lithograph, probably by Anton Gareis, around 1820

Joseph Triebensee (born November 21, 1772 in Wittingau , Bohemia , † April 22, 1846 in Prague ) was an Austrian oboist and composer .

Life

Triebensee came to Vienna as a young man and on September 30, 1791 he was the second oboist in the world premiere of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte . In 1793/94 he was part of the orchestra of the Kärntnertor Theater . From 1794 to 1808 he directed the eight-piece " Harmoniemusik " of Prince Alois I. Liechtenstein . During this time, on April 2, 1798, he was one of the participants in a performance of Beethoven's Quintet Op. 16 for piano and wind instruments, in which Beethoven himself played the piano part.

From 1811 to 1816 Triebensee was theater conductor in Brno and from 1816 to 1838 as the successor to Carl Maria von Weber Kapellmeister at the Estates Theater in Prague . From 1816 to 1819 he was also a singing teacher at the Prague Conservatory .

He was married to Johann Nepomuk Wendt's daughter Maximiliane.

Works (selection)

  • 1798: Love makes short work or marriage in a certain way , opera
  • 1798: The joy of hunting. A small cantata in two sections , dedicated to Prince Alois von Liechtenstein
  • 1799: The red spirit in the Donnergebirge , opera, second act by Ignaz von Seyfried
  • 1820: The Wild Hunt , Opera, March 1820 Prague, Estates Theater
  • 1821: Husbands according to fashion , opera
  • 1824: Telemachus on the island of Ogyga , Opera, Jan. 1824 Prague, Estates Theater

Web links

literature

  • Paul E. Bierley and William H. Rehrig, The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music , Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
  • Wolfgang Suppan and Armin Suppan, Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens , 4th edition, Freiburg-Tiengen 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1