Joseph Miroslav Weber
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Joseph Miroslav Weber (born November 9, 1854 in Prague , † January 1, 1906 in Munich ) was a Czech composer , violinist and organist .
Life
Weber studied violin and organ in his native Prague. He took up his first position in 1873 in the court orchestra of Sondershausen . Just two years later, in 1875, he became court concertmaster in Darmstadt. Another station in his career was the royal chapel in Wiesbaden in 1883, where he worked as music director from 1889 until he switched to the Munich court orchestra in 1894. From 1901 he held the post of 1st concert master there.
In 1898 he won first prize in a competition of the Prague Chamber Music Society for his string quintet in D major for two violins, viola and two cellos.
Works
- Chamber music
- Orchestral suites
- Violin Concerto in G minor
- Opera "Die neue Mamsell" (play opera in three acts)
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Miroslav Weber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Joseph Miroslav Weber in the International Music Score Library Project
- Short bio and review of his string quintet in D major (English), accessed on April 21, 2012
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Weber, Joseph Miroslav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Josef Miroslaw; Weber, Miroslav Joseph; Weber, Miroslav Josef; Weber, Joseph M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1906 |
| Place of death | Munich |