Bernhard Molique

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Bernhard Molique

Wilhelm Bernhard Molique (born October 7, 1802 in Nuremberg ; † May 10, 1869 in Cannstatt near Stuttgart ) was a German composer and violinist .

Life

Molique was born the son of the Alsatian bassoonist and violinist Christian Molique, who initially also taught him. As a six-year-old, he appeared in public. During a guest performance in Nuremberg, Louis Spohr gave him violin lessons. He later studied violin with Pietro Rovelli (1793–1838) in Munich and then got a job at the Theater an der Wien . In 1820 he became Rovelli's successor in the Munich court orchestra. The flutist Theobald Böhm , with whom he became friends, also played in the same orchestra .

Molique married in 1825; four daughters were born in the marriage. In 1826 he was appointed to the court theater in Stuttgart . There he worked for almost 23 years as royal music director and concert master. Several concert tours took Molique to Russia and England, among others, and from 1849 to 1866 he worked in London as an interpreter, composer and teacher. In 1861 he received a professorship for composition at the Royal Academy of Music . He spent the last years of his life again in Cannstatt near Stuttgart, today Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. His remains are buried there in the Uff-Kirchhof cemetery.

Works

Molique was apparently largely self-taught as a composer. In his music there are influences from Beethoven , Mozart , Mendelssohn and especially from Spohr . He did not take up the developments of Berlioz , who praised his violin playing, and of the New German School .

Molique composed, among other things, a symphony, six violin concertos (No. 5 was praised by Joseph Joachim ), a cello concerto, which was very much appreciated at the time, an oboe concerto, which is still widely played today, and a flute concerto. He also created chamber music and vocal works, including two masses and numerous songs.

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SURNAME Molique, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1869
Place of death Cannstatt