Joseph Werner (musician)

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Joseph Werner (born June 25, 1837 in Würzburg , † November 14, 1922 in Munich ) was a German composer, cellist and cello teacher.

Life

The son of a music director at the Würzburg city theater initially formed in his hometown. In 1852 he went to Munich, where he trained as a cellist at the conservatory founded in 1846 with Joseph Menter and, after his death, with Hyppolit Müller (1834–1876), cellist of the Munich court orchestra. In addition, he took violin lessons from Joseph Moralt and Franz Joseph Fröhlich . From 1867 he studied composition with Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden . In 1856 he got a position as solo violoncellist with the Munich court orchestra and taught from 1857 at the Royal Academy of Music in Munich with the title of professor; he was relieved of this position in 1904 while retaining the title. In the school year 1859/60 he took over instrumental lessons for Carl Schönchen at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich . On September 1, 1911, he was relieved of his position here at his own request. In 1899 he was awarded the Order of Merit by the St Michael IV Class, and in 1910 the Medal of Honor of the Order of Ludwig on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service.

Joseph Werner was married to Josepha Leprosse (1840–1906), daughter of a piano rental company from Munich. Of the seven children they shared, three sons and one daughter reached adulthood.

As an instrumentalist and composer Werner wrote a practical cello school, studies, etudes, caprices, solo pieces and numerous arrangements. His students included Heinrich Schübel (before 1873 – after 1880) from Karlsruhe , Emil Herbeck from St. Petersburg, Christian Döbereiner from Wunsiedel , Carl Ebner (1857–1930) from Deggendorf , Toni Thoms and Heinrich Schönchen (1827–1887) from Munich and Marie Geist (1859–1912) from Würzburg.

Works (selection)

  • Caprice and Humoreske , 2 recital pieces for cello alone; op. 5. Munich: Aibl, [1881]
  • The fatherland for mixed choir. Score. Munich, Seiling 1888
  • The art of bowing. Practical instructions for training bow technique and for achieving a beautiful tone and performance on the cello ; op.43 Heilbronn, CF Schmidt 1894
  • Technical studies for cello ; op. 50/2. London, Augener 1900
  • Progressive duets for two violoncellos ; op. 51/1. Be right. London, Augener (1902)
  • 200 scale studies for violoncello ; op.53. Leipzig, Hofmeister (1903)
  • Chord studies for violoncello : op. 54/2. Leipzig, Hofmeister 1905
  • 12 studies in the modern higher technique of cello playing ; op. 58. Leipzig, Rühle (1908)
  • Practical cello school with commentary ; op. 12/1. New, improved and increased edition by Horst Scholz. Leipzig, Rühle approx. 1910
  • Adagio religioso for cello with piano accompaniment; op. 60; Piano and voice. Munich, Publishing House for Modern Music (1914)

literature

  • Address book Munich 1874 (online): Werner, Joseph, Hofmusikus, Dultpl. 12
  • Contemporary violoncellists in words and pictures . Hamburg, publishing house and printing company A.-G. 1903, p. 12
  • Friedrich Jansa (Hrsg.): German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures . Leipzig 1911
  • Frank, Paul / Altmann, Wilhelm: Concise Tonkunstler Lexicon for musicians and friends of music . Founded by Paul Frank. Revised and supplemented by Wilhelm Altmann . Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936
  • Werner, Joseph , in: Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon online (BMLO)
  • University of Music, Würzburg - Historical Lexicon of Bavaria (online)
  • BSB catalog, catalog of the Bavarian Library Association with online interlibrary loan, articles & more (online)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Staff of the Stadttheater zu Würzburg , in: W. Alex. Lieboldt (red.): Stage world. Sheets for dramaturgical and fictional entertainment. No. 4, Nuremberg 1843, p. 60
  2. ↑ not Georg Menter , as incorrectly stated in the BLMO
  3. ↑ Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition. Digital Edition, http://www.weber-vergleichausgabe.de/A007788 (Version 2.0 from May 4, 2016)
  4. ↑ Annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1859/60 to 1911/12
  5. ^ Registration documents (PMB: Werner, Joseph ): Munich, City Archives
  6. ↑ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emil-herbeck-cellist-signed-photograph
  7. ↑ bmlo.de/e0024
  8. ↑ http://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/cms/index.php/geist-marie
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, cello player and cello teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1922
Place of death Munich