Moritz Kässmayer

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Moritz Kässmayer (born March 20, 1831 in Vienna ; † November 9, 1884 there ) was an Austrian violinist , conductor and composer .

Life

Kässmayer studied from 1843 to 1847 at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. There he was a student of Simon Sechter , Gottfried von Preyer , Georg Hellmesberger and Joseph Böhm . From 1856 he was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic (1st violin), later conductor of ballet music at the Court Opera and from 1873 a member of the Vienna Court Music Orchestra . Kässmayer died at the age of 53 after a short illness of heart paralysis.

Kässmayer was the bearer of the Kaiser. Austrian medal for art and culture.

Works

As a composer, Kässmayer was considered skilled, original and an excellent humorist. Because of their often parodic traits, his works were highly valued during his lifetime. His symphony in C minor was premiered in the same concert as the Serenade No. 2 in A major op. 16 by Johannes Brahms . On the comparison of both works in a concert wrote Eduard Hanslick : "No small achievement is that Mr. Käßmeyer's symphony has decent claims in such a place, you are loud testimony to the worthy endeavor for the technical skill of the author.. [.. .] Herr Kässmeyer's natural voice is so unmistakable in the calmly flowing, somewhat soft but noble song of the Andante. " He composed works for every instrumentation, but instrumental chamber music as well as accompanied and unaccompanied choral and vocal works predominate.

Selection of works:

  • String quartet "O my dear Augustin"
  • String Quintet in A major op.8 (1859)
  • Mass in B flat major (1860)
  • Symphony in C minor (1863)
  • Nocturne for large orchestra in B flat major (1868)
  • Concert Overture in F minor (1868)
  • Das Landhaus in Meudon , comic opera (text by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal , 1869)
  • Small suite for small orchestra op.38 (1884)
  • Two pranks by Max and Moritz set to beautiful and well-known music, Opus 7 (No 1 first stroke; No 2 third stroke); Berlin, Schlesinger book and music store, Rob. Lienau; Publisher number 7553

literature

  • "Kässmayer, Moritz". In: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon , ed. v. Hermann Mendel, Berlin 1875, Vol. 5, pp. 515f.
  • Kässmayer, Moritz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 179 f. (Direct links on p. 179 , p. 180 ).
  • Elisabeth Fritz-Hilscher: "Kässmayer, Moritz". In: Rudolf Flotzinger (ed.): Österreichisches Musiklexikon , Vol. 2, Vienna 2003, p. 971.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Nekrolog in the Wiener Abendpost (supplement of the Wiener Zeitung) of November 10, 1884, p. 2
  2. ^ Eduard Hanslick: From the Concertsaal, Vienna 1870, p. 288
personal data
SURNAME Kässmayer, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian violinist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1884
Place of death Vienna