Otto Findeisen

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Otto Findeisen in 1901

Otto Karl Findeisen (born December 23, 1862 in Brno , Crown Land of Moravia , Austrian Empire , today Brno, Czech Republic ; † January 25, 1947 in Leipzig ) was a German conductor and composer .

Life

Born in Brno, Otto Findeisen received his musical training at the Vienna Conservatory , where he was supported in particular by Anton Bruckner . After his career as a conductor in various 1882 Bohemian had begun places, he was in the train at Vienna's Carl-Theater , on Wilhelm Theater in Magdeburg , at Regensburg City Theater , the Carl Schultze Theater in Hamburg and at the Breslau Municipal Theater used . He was also toured through North America and Russia. In 1902 Findeisen became Kapellmeister at the Leipzig City TheaterCommitted. Otto Findeisen died in Leipzig in January 1947 at the age of 84.

Otto Findeisen, composer of numerous operettas , celebrated a great success in particular with the work The Old Dessauer , which premiered in 1890 at the Wilhelm Theater in Magdeburg .

Further operetta works

  • Hennings von Treffenfeld, premiered at the Wilhelm Theater in Magdeburg in 1891
  • Cleopatra , first performed at the Carl-Schultze-Theater in Hamburg in 1897
  • The Mocking Bird, premiered at the Tivoli Theater in Bremen in 1898
  • The Atonement , premiered at the Leipzig City Theater in 1904
  • 's Poussierschlössel premiered at the Leipzig City Theater in 1907
  • Sonnenguckerl, premiered at the Volksoper in Vienna in 1908
  • Meister Pinkebank , premiered at the Volksoper in Vienna in 1909
  • The golden goose, premiered at the Leipzig City Theater in 1910
  • The brave little tailor, premiered at the Leipzig City Theater in 1911
  • Young Have Nothing and the Silver Prince, premiered at the Centraltheater in Dresden in 1913

literature

  • Friedrich Blume : Music in the past and present; general encyclopedia of music, vol. 16, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1979, ISBN 3-761-80411-3 . P. 281.
  • Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 3, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . P. 300.
  • Kathrin Eberl-Ruf, Landesheimatbund Sachsen-Anhalt Working Group on Regional Music Culture, Scientific Conference on Regional Music History (2005, Salzwedel): Music culture in Saxony-Anhalt since the 16th century: Protocol of the scientific conference on regional music history on September 16 and 17, 2005 in Salzwedel, in: Issue 42 of contributions to regional and state culture of Saxony-Anhalt, Landesheimatverbund Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle, 2007, ISBN 3-940-74405-0 . P. 44.

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personal data
SURNAME Findisen, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Findeisen, Otto Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Crown Land of Moravia , Austrian Empire , today Brno, Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1947
Place of death Leipzig