Joseph Eschborn

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Peter Joseph Eschborn (born March 4, 1800 in Mainz , † November 17, 1881 in Coburg ) was a German composer , violinist and conductor .

Life

Eschborn studied composition with Friedrich Witt . From 1821 to 1827 he was music director at the theater in Düsseldorf and from 1832 to 1834 Kapellmeister of the orchestra of the Mannheim State Theater. His successor was Franz Lachner . He then worked as music director in Cologne , Stuttgart , Amsterdam and in 1845/1846 as director at the Theater Aachen and last lived in Coburg.

A setting of Friedrich Schiller's poem Das Lied von der Glocke , “set up as a declamatory and for the stage by C. Simons”, has been preserved in a printed piano version from 1827. An opera Der Bastard or Das Stiergefecht “set to music by Joseph Eschborn” from 1836 has also come down to us.

Eschborn was married to the singer Maria Angelika Ciscewski. Her daughter Natalie also became known as a singer under the stage name Natalie Frassini.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Straub (City Inspector, City Archives Amorbach ): [descendants] Johann Baptist Eschborn (1758–1831). Written communication to the Landsmannschaft Teutonia, April 30, 1959.
  2. ↑ Eschborn, Joseph. In: Carl Gollmick (Ed.): Handlexicon der Tonkunst. Second part. André, Offenbach a. M. 1857, p. 161 (there differently as year of birth: 1790).
  3. ↑ Kapellmeister's painful farewell. In: Nationaltheater Mannheim (Ed.): 150 Years of the National Theater Mannheim: 1779–1929. Mannheim 1929, p. 17.
  4. ↑ Michael Fischer: Walled up. Contributions to the history of the reception of Schiller's Song of the Bell. Lecture, Freiburg, June 22, 2008, p. 21 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
  5. ^ Josef Eschborn (music) and Ferdinand von Biedenfeld (text): The bastard or the bull fight. Great opera in three acts. Jos. Schleiden jr., Aachen 1836 ( libretto ).
  6. ↑ Natalie Frassini at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer LexiconTemplate: Operissimo / maintenance / use of parameter 2
personal data
SURNAME Eschborn, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eschborn, Peter Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Kapellmeister
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1881
Place of death Coburg