Joseph Meißner (singer)
Joseph Meißner , also Joseph Meissner (around 1725 in Salzburg ; † March 12, 1795 ) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass ) and composer.
Life
Meißner, a bass singer with a large vocal range, was court singer in Salzburg from 1747 until his death . He sang in Pisa, Florence, Naples and Rome and in German-speaking countries at the courts of Vienna, Munich, Stuttgart, Liège, Cologne, Augsburg and Speyer. Meißner, who was well known with the Mozart family, with whom he toured several times, was also known for his "affected vibrato" (which Mozart himself called it).
Meißner was from 1751 until her death in 1766 with the musician and composer Maria Caecilia geb. Eberlin married.
Maria Elisabeth Sabina Meißner (1731–1809), court singer in the Salzburg chapel, was his sister. His son Joseph Nikolaus Meißner (1757–1795) was also an opera singer (bass / tenor).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Meißner, Joseph Nikolaus (Wurzbach mixed in the article father and son) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 313 ( digital copy ).
- Barbara Boisits: Meissner (Meißner), family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
Web links
- Joseph Meißner at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller , Daniel Brandenburg , Monika Woitas (Eds.): Prima la danza !: Festschrift for Sibylle Dahms . 2004, p. 147
- ^ Graham Elliott Figg: Just Intonation and the Revitalization of Neoclassicism: Three Works for Baroque Instruments . 2008, p. 41
- ↑ http://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/Artikel/Maria_Caecilia_Eberlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meissner, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meissner, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1795 |