Karl Franzewitsch Albrecht
Karl Franzewitsch Albrecht (Russian Карл Францевич Альбрехт) (born August 27, 1807 in Posen ; † February 24, 1863 in Gatchina (Russian Га́тчина), 45 km from Saint Petersburg ) was a German-Russian composer .
Albrecht studied with Joseph Schnabel in Breslau and then worked as a violinist in the Breslau theater from 1825. In 1835, after working as a répétiteur in the choir of the Düsseldorf theater, he became the independent conductor of an opera company in Düsseldorf . In 1838 he was appointed conductor of the opera and the Philharmonic concerts in St. Petersburg. From 1850 he was a singing teacher at the orphanage in Gatchina.
His son Konstantin Karlowitsch Albrecht (1836–1893) was a cellist and composer in Moscow.
A mass , a ballet and three string quartets by Albrecht have come down to us. Other works are considered lost.
literature
- MGG , 1st edition, vol. 15, p. 109 f.
- Carl Benedict: Albrecht, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 179 ( digitized version ).
- Paul Frank / Wilhelm Altmann : Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler-Lexikon , Heinrichshofen´s Verlag Wilhelmshaven, 15th edition (1936) p. 7f, ISBN 3 7959 0083 2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albrecht, Karl Franzewitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1863 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |