Karl Herner

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Karl Herner (also: Carl Herner ; born January 23, 1836 in Rendsburg , † July 16, 1906 in Hanover ) was a German violinist , repetitor , music director, royal bandmaster and composer .

Life

From 1852 to 1855, Karl Herner studied music at the Prague Conservatory , especially for the violin and the piano . In addition, he was temporarily a student of Joseph Joachim .

Herner appeared as a musician in orchestras in Hamburg , Kiel , Copenhagen , Brussels and Braunschweig before he worked in Hanover from 1858.

In Hanover, Karl Herner appeared as a member of the first quartet led by Joseph Joachim, mainly with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Woldemar Bargiel . As a pianist, he also accompanied the Belgian violinist and composer Henri Vieuxtemps and the Italian opera singer Carlotta Patti on their tours through Europe .

At the time of the Kingdom of Hanover , Karl Herner became a member of the Hanoverian Artists' Association based in the royal seat in 1864 .

Also in Hanover, Herner's son Julius Herner was born on July 27, 1866 .

After Herner initially worked as a repetitor at the Hanoverian court theater , he was appointed choir director in 1869, and then music director in 1877. From 1887 Herner worked in Hanover with the title of Kapellmeister before retiring in 1900.

In addition to his management duties, Herner also emerged as a composer, primarily with songs and choral songs as well as orchestral works such as for the ballet " Das Hexenfest ", recitatives for Carl Maria von Weber's Oberon and overtures to the operas Schön Rottraut and Jussuff and Suleika .

Karl Herner died in Hanover in 1906. His grave can be found in the Engesohde city cemetery in Department 30 , grave number 1253–1254 .

See also

literature

  • New theater allmanac. Theater-historical year and address book (founded 1869), ed. from the Cooperative of German Stage Members, Berlin 1902: Druck- und Commissionsverlag by FA Günther & Sohn, p. 99; Preview over google books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  2. ^ Herner, Karl in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library , last accessed on November 10, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities at the Engesohde city cemetery , leaflet DIN A3 with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Hugo Thielen : Herner, Karl. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 164f.
  5. ↑ a b c d Hugo Riemann : Musik-Lexikon , Vol. 1, Paderborn: Salzmann Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-84608-632-2 , p. 460; online through google books
personal data
SURNAME Herner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herner, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, repetitor, choir director and music director as well as composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1906
Place of death Hanover