Karol of Mikuli
Karol Mikuli (Carol, Carl, Karl, Miculi, Armenian Karol Pstikyan Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան); * October 20, 1819 in Chernivtsi , Bukowina ; † May 21, 1897 in Lemberg , Galicia was a Polish pianist , composer and music teacher of Armenian origin. He was best known as a student of Frédéric Chopin .
Life
Karol Mikuli first studied medicine in Vienna , then went to Paris , where he was a student of Frédéric Chopin from 1844 to 1848 . He studied composition with Napoléon-Henri Reber . The revolution of 1848 drove him to his homeland. After making himself known as a pianist with concerts in various Austrian, Russian and Romanian cities, he was elected artistic director of the Galician Music Association in Lemberg (conservatory, concerts, etc.) in 1858 . In 1888 he resigned from the management of the music association and only ran a private school. He published the first complete edition of Chopin's works, which he interpreted until the end of his life. Mikuli's edition of Chopin's works (Kistner) contains many corrections and variants based on Chopin's handwritten marginal notes in Mikuli's school copy.
student
Famous students were Moriz Rosenthal and Raoul Koczalski .
Quotes
“The amazing charm, the poetry and the originality, the complete freedom and the absolute clarity of Chopin's playing cannot be described. It's perfect in every direction. "
Works
Works with opus number
- Prelude et presto agitato , op.1
- Two polonaises op.8
- Six pièces pour piano , op.9; published in Vienna (Publisher: Spina)
- Serenade for clarinet and piano op.22 ( Romanian : Serenadă pentru clarinet și pian op.22)
- Variantes harmoniques sur la gamme d'Ut majeure pour piano à 4 mains , op.23; published in Leipzig (Publisher: Kistner)
- Pieces pour piano op.24
- Paraphrase sur un ancien chant de Noël polonais pour 4 voix avec instruments á cordes et orgue , op.31
- Two sacred songs for male choirs and solos, op.32
- Veni creator for mixed choir and organ, op.33
Works without opus number
- Piano pieces ( Romanian : Piese pentru pian)
- Douze airs nationaux roumains (ballades, chants des Bergers, airs de danse etc.) / recueillis et transcrits pour le piano par Charles Mikuli; Published in Paris (Publisher: Kallenbach, ca.1900)
CD recordings
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mikuli, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 297 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Raoul Koczalski: Frederic Chopin. Reflections, sketches, analyzes , Cologne-Bayenthal 1936 (contains a report about the teacher of the author Karol Mikuli).
- Hellmut Federhofer: The Chopin student Carl Mikuli in Rome and Graz . Edition Peters, Frankfurt 1966.
- Th. Antonicek: Mikuli Karl von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 288.
- Alexandre Siranossian: L'aventure arménienne du piano . Lyon 1983.
- Mircea Bejinariu: Carol Miculi. Life and activity ( Romanian : Carol Miculi. Viața și activitatea). Cluj, Ed. Casa Cărții, 1998. ISBN 973-9404-22-7 .
Web links
- Works by and about Karol von Mikuli in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charles (Carl, Karol) MIKULI (1821-1897) - l'élève arménien de Frédéric Chopin à Paris et son éditeur en Podolie-Galicie
- Chopin as Pianist and Teacher - excerpt form the forward to his edition of Chopin's works for publisher F. Kistner, 1879 ( Memento from June 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Prokopowitsch, Der Adel in der Bukowina, Verlag "Der Südostdeutsche", Munich 1983, p. 126
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mikuli, Karol von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miculi, Carol; Mikuli, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Galician composer of the Romantic period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chernivtsi , Bukovina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1897 |
| Place of death | Lviv , Galicia |