Karl Eisner

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Karl Christian Eisner , also Carl Eisner or Eißner , (born June 19, 1802 in Pulsnitz , † January 23, 1874 in Dresden ) was a German musician (horn) and composer.

Career

As a child, Karl Eisner received piano lessons from the city organist in Pulsnitz. His older brother taught him to play the violin. From 1815 the young Eisner took music lessons in Dresden with Gottfried Krebs, the director of the Dresden city band. After the death of Krebs in 1816 Johann Gottlieb Zillmann took the place of the city music director and was from now on Karl Eisner's teacher.

Eisner learned from Zillmann until his appointment as a musician at the Imperial Theater St. Petersburg in 1821. He was initially engaged there until 1836, playing tenor trombone, trumpet, French horn or violin as required. In addition to the French horn, the virtuoso also mastered the valve horn, which was newly emerging at the time. With his appointment as Imperial Chamber Musician, he was finally entitled to a pension, which enabled him to return to Saxony and give a few concert guest performances. In 1832 Karl Eisner married the singer Klara Siebert, who was living in St. Petersburg with her stepfather and opera singer Franz Siebert.

With Klara he gave a concert in Riga on January 10, 1834. Music enthusiasts had other concerts in Vienna, Prague and Budapest. From 1836 Eisner took over the position of first horn player in the Saxon court orchestra in Dresden, which he accompanied until 1844. In the same year he followed the call to St. Petersburg again, as horn player at the Imperial Italian Theater St. Petersburg. After this engagement he returned to Dresden in 1849, where he was appointed extraordinary chamber musician and in 1854 real chamber musician and first horn player of the Royal Orchestra Dresden. He held this position until his retirement on August 1, 1871. Carl Eisner was the first horn teacher at the Dresden Conservatory which was founded in 1856. He was also known for his compositions a. a. for horn and piano such as “Scene and Aria for the chromatic horn” and “Variation for the simple French horn”.

Karl Eisner died in Dresden in 1874. The last known residential address is Wachsbleichgasse (today Wachsbleichstrasse) 6 in Dresden.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Armin Gebhardt: Robert Schumann: Life and work in Dresden . Tectum Verlag DE, 1998, ISBN 978-3-8288-9027-5 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ↑ 125 years of the Dresden Philharmonic: 1870-1995 . DZA Verlag, 1995 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus: Einstein - Görner . Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-094655-0 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  4. ↑ https://www.french-horn.net/index.php/biographien/91-carl-eisner.html
  5. ^ Heike Müns: Music and Migration in East Central Europe . Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2005, ISBN 978-3-486-57640-5 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  6. ↑ https://weber-habenausgabe.de/de/A008105.html
  7. ↑ https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/Vta2/bsb11041161/bsb:9528147?queries=Eisner&language=de&c=default
  8. ^ Franz X. von Wegele, Anton Bettelheim: General German Biography. Volume 5 . Ed .: Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron. Duncker & Humblot, 1877 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  9. ↑ https://www.corno.de/shop/Kammermusik/Sextett/rom089.html?language=de
  10. ↑ Address and business handbook of the royal residence and capital Dresden: 1876 . Royal Saxon. Adreß-Comptoir, 1876 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  11. ↑ https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz12944.html
personal data
SURNAME Eisner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisner, Karl Christian (full name); Eisner, Carl; Eissner, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Musician (horn) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Pulsnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1874
Place of death Dresden