Josef Hellmesberger junior

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Hellmesberger grave in the Hietzinger Friedhof

Josef Hellmesberger jun., Called "Pepi" Hellmesberger (born April 9, 1855 in Vienna ; † April 26, 1907 there ) was an Austrian composer , violinist and subscription conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic .

Life

Josef Hellmesberger was the son of the Austrian violinist and conductor Joseph Hellmesberger senior (1828–1893), who was also his first teacher. At the age of 15 he became a second violinist in his father's quartet ( Hellmesberger Quartet ), which he took over in 1887, and at the age of 18 he joined the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra as a violinist. As concertmaster (for the string line-up) and as a percussionist (for the wind line-up), he began military service in the band of the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 4 in 1875 , was promoted to bandmaster that same year and in 1876 took over the management of the military music of the "32 ". He held this position until 1878. From 1878 he worked as solo violinist in the Vienna Court Music Orchestra and at the Court Opera (today the Vienna State Opera ). Also from 1878 he was professor for violin at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna (the predecessor of the Vienna Music Academy ). In 1890 he became the first court conductor of the Vienna court orchestra and also worked as a conductor at the Ringtheater, where he also witnessed the fire of the Ringtheater up close. As the successor to Gustav Mahler , he directed the Philharmonic Concerts from 1901 to 1903. In 1903 he resigned all functions in Vienna for private reasons and went to the Stuttgart court theater as Kapellmeister. He returned to Vienna a year later, fell ill soon after his return and died in 1907.

His grave is in the Hietzinger Friedhof (group 15, number 4 D).

Works

He created 22 operettas , 6 ballets , dances and songs and marches.

Works by Josef Hellmesberger junior
1879 History music to celebrate the silver wedding of Franz Joseph I.
1880 The count of equals operetta
1880 Captain Ahlström operetta
1881 The rat catcher from Hameln Incidental music for the Ringtheater
1884 Harlequin as an electrician ballet
1886 The handsome elector operetta
1886 Mirage Opera
1887 The transformed cat ballet
1887 Rikiki operetta
1889 The oracle operetta
1890 The pale guest operetta
1890 Meissen porcelain ballet
1891 The light ballet
1892 Father Radetzky Festival on the occasion of the unveiling of the Radetzky monument , April 24, 1892
1893 The five senses ballet
1895 The double wedding operetta
1902 The miracle caftan operetta
1902 The pearl of Iberia ballet
1904 The violet girl operetta
1904 The ice maiden operetta
1905 Vienna at night operetta
1905 The beautiful song singer operetta
1906 Triumph of woman operetta
1906 The three angels operetta
1906 Mutzi operetta
1909 The last carnival operetta
1911 The violet cavalier operetta
1934 Viennese stories Singspiel, arranged by O. Jascha
1880 The Schmauswaberl operetta
1882 Three black coats operetta
posthumously The shoemaker operetta
posthumously Moth operetta
posthumously The two Mazzi operetta

Other works

  • Danse Diabolique
  • Viennese style (polka française)
  • Small indicator (fast polka)
  • In private (polka)
  • Valse Espagnol
  • Valse Lento
  • Fairy dance
  • For the whole world (waltz)
  • Light-footed (polka fast)
  • Much Love (Polka)
  • gavotte
  • Vienna Couplet Quadrille
  • Gypsy dance from the ballet music The Pearl of Iberia

literature

Web links

Commons : Josef Hellmesberger junior  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hellmesberger Josef, accessed on January 10, 2016 from Military Music Friends.
  2. ↑ Hellmesberger Joseph the Elder J .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 266.
personal data
SURNAME Hellmesberger, Josef junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hellmesberger, Pepi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian violinist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1907
Place of death Vienna