Moritz Kässmayer
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
- ↑ See Nekrolog in the Wiener Abendpost (supplement of the Wiener Zeitung) of November 10, 1884, p. 2
- ^ Eduard Hanslick: From the Concertsaal, Vienna 1870, p. 288
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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 |