Max Clarus

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Max Clarus (1852–1916), photography

Max Clarus (born March 31, 1852 in Mühlberg / Elbe ; † December 6, 1916 in Braunschweig ) was a German conductor and composer .

Life

Clarus received his first musical lessons from his father, the music director Moritz Clarus. From 1870 he studied at the Royal Music Institute in Berlin with August Haupt , JJ Schneider and Carl Albert Löschhorn . In addition, he conducted opera and orchestral studies at the Berlin Opera House . From 1871 to 1875 he was Kapellmeister at the Deutsches Reichs-Theater in Berlin. From 1875 to 1878 he worked as Kapellmeister in Potsdam and Breslau. During this time Clarus was also a guest conductor in Munich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Budapest. A tour to New York followed in 1879. From 1880 to 1882 Clarus was Kapellmeister for one season at a time at the Hoftheater Potsdam, at the Kroll Opera HouseBerlin, at the Stadttheater Aachen , at the Victoria Theater and at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.

Activity in Braunschweig

On August 1, 1882, Clarus became music director of the ducal court orchestra and choir director of the Braunschweig court opera. At the beginning he worked as a répétiteur and supervised the choir before conducting ballets and antics from January 1884 and also operas from May 1884. In 1890 he received the title of court music director. In addition, he worked as a conductor of several associations. In Braunschweig he made a name for himself in establishing the German game opera with its main representative Albert Lortzing . Further focal points of the opera repertoire under Clarus were works by Giuseppe Verdi and Gaetano Donizetti . After the departure of court conductor Hermann Riedel in 1911, differences with the new court conductor R. Hagel and the artistic director E. von Frankenberg made Clarus' last years in office more difficult. Clarus died of a stroke on December 6, 1916 while on a hunting expedition.

Honors

Clarus has received several awards from Kaiser Wilhelm II . He was a member of the emperor's musical advisory commission. He was the bearer of the order of Henry the Lion .

Works (selection)

Clarus composed choirs, fairy tale games, ballads, ballet music and two operas.

  • The great king's recruit. Patriotic opera in three acts, text by Wilhelm Meves , Appelhans, Braunschweig 1889, OCLC 706860094 .
  • Princess Ilse. Romantic opera poem in three acts. Vieweg and Son, Braunschweig 1895, OCLC 81931498 .
  • In the field of honor. Clay painting, poetry by Albert Niess. Ed. Bote & G. Bock, Berlin 1902, OCLC 26130010 (first performance on November 15, 1909 in Kassel).
  • The wishing Peter and the lucky glass man: a fairy tale game with song and dance in 5 pictures. Text by Paul Diedicke, 1911, OCLC 633288487 .
  • Dwarf Nose and the Herbal Witch. Fairy tales in 5 pictures. around 1913, OCLC 633288075 .
  • The boy from Hamelin and the pied piper. Christmas fairy tale, text by Paul Diedicke, 1916.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , 84th year, Leipzig 1917.
  2. ↑ Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Vol. 2, Munich, Leipzig 1995, p. 330.
  3. ^ The boy from Hameln and the Pied Piper. in: New magazine for music. Leipzig 1917 (84th year, online )
personal data
SURNAME Clarus, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlberg / Elbe
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1916
Place of death Braunschweig