Julius Egghard

Julius Egghard (born April 24, 1834 in Vienna ; † March 22, 1867 there ) was an Austrian pianist and composer . He is not identical to Julius Graf Hardegg (1833–1900), as is often read.

Life

Egghard's grave in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof in Vienna

Egghard was a student of Carl Czerny and Simon Sechter and appeared in public for the first time at the age of 15. After a subsequent, successful concert tour through the Habsburg Monarchy and Germany, he went to Paris for two years in 1853 and then returned to Vienna, where he died at the age of only 32 due to peritonitis .

In 1851 Egghard was a soloist in Weimar at the world premiere of Franz Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, arranged for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt . As a composer, Egghard created more than 250 salon pieces .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Egghard, Julius . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 3 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Monika Kornberger: Egghard, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Sheet music and audio files by Julius Egghard in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

↑ life data according to Riemann-Musiklexikon , person part AK, Mainz 1959, p. 450; The year of birth is often given as 1833, for example in the case of the German National Library
↑ This information goes back to an incorrect amalgamation of these two people in the lexicon article by Wurzbach (cf. Kornberger), which can also be traced back to the incorrect inscription on the tombstone erected by the Vienna Cultural Office in 1958 (see discussion).
↑ See Wiener Zeitung of March 27, 1867
↑ See review of the recording Katsaris / Ormandy

personal data
SURNAME	Egghard, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1867
Place of death	Vienna

[1] ta according to Riemann-Musiklexikon , person part AK, Mainz 1959, p. 450; The year of birth is often given as 1833, for example in the case of the German National Library

[2] This information goes back to an incorrect amalgamation of these two people in the lexicon article by Wurzbach (cf. Kornberger), which can also be traced back to the incorrect inscription on the tombstone erected by the Vienna Cultural Office in 1958 (see discussion).

[3] See Wiener Zeitung of March 27, 1867

[4] See review of the recording Katsaris / Ormandy