Joseph Lange (actor)
Joseph Lange (born April 1, 1751 in Würzburg , † September 17, 1831 in Vienna ) was a German actor , painter, composer and writer. He is the painter of what is probably the most popular picture by his brother-in-law Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , which was probably made in 1782/83 and - as the musicologist Michael Lorenz recognized in 2009 - originally only showed Mozart's head in a 19 × 15 cm format. Probably in 1789 he had started to enlarge the small portrait to which he wanted to add Mozart's torso and a piano, but which was never completed.
Career
Joseph Lange came to Vienna in 1767. He initially wanted to be a painter and attended art academy . Together with his older brother Michael Joseph Lange, he built a theater for lovers. Joseph von Sonnenfels recognized the brothers' talent and won them both for the big stage. In 1770 they made their debut at the Vienna Kärntnertortheater in the world premiere of “Brutus” by Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe . Lange brother died in 1771, but found a new mentor in Sonnenfels. Lange played at the court theater until 1811.
In addition, Lange did not give up painting either and specialized in portraits here. He also composed operettas (such as Adelheid von Ponthieu ) and songs. He also wrote an autobiography that appeared in 1808. He dedicated the 26th chapter in it to his brother-in-law Mozart.
Lange was married twice. His first wife died after a short marriage in 1779. His second wife Luise Maria Antonia, nee. Weber , was a successful singer and the sister of Constanze Mozart .
Fonts
- Biography of Joseph Lange, imperial court actor . Verlag Rehm, Vienna 1808. ( digitized version , table of contents )
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lange, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 96–100 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Kürschner : Lange, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 642-644.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 571 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
- Werner Dettelbacher: Lange, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 563 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Michael Lorenz : "The research project" WA Mozart and his Viennese environment ": Mozart research in Vienna at the beginning of the 21st century" , Vienna 2013
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Lange in the catalog of the German National Library
- Long Mozart portrait at aeiou
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Lorenz: “The research project 'WA Mozart and his Viennese environment': Mozart research in Vienna at the beginning of the 21st century” , Vienna 2013
- ↑ Michael Lorenz : "Joseph Langes Mozart Portrait", Vienna 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lange, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, painter, composer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1831 |
| Place of death | Vienna |