Ottokar Nováček
Ottokar Nováček (born May 13, 1866 in Weißkirchen , Austrian Empire , † February 3, 1900 in New York City ) was a Czech violinist and composer .
Life
Nováček initially had lessons from his father Martin Nováček . He studied from 1880 to 1883 in Vienna with Jakob Dont and then at the Conservatory in Leipzig with Adolph Brodsky and Henry Schradieck . Here he won the Mendelssohn Prize in 1885 .
From 1880 he was violinist with the Gewandhausorchester and second violinist, later violist of the Brodsky Quartet. In 1891 he became a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Nikisch and taught at the New England Conservatory . 1892–93 he was first violist in the New York Damrosch Orchestra . Here he was again a member of the string quartet of his teacher Brodsky.
After an illness in 1899 forced him to refrain from performing as a musician, Nováček devoted himself entirely to composition. He composed a piano concerto, which was premiered by Ferruccio Busoni , a perpetual motion machine for violin and orchestra, chamber music works including three string quartets, Bulgarian dances for violin and piano and eight capricci for violin and piano, as well as songs .
His brothers Rudolf , Karl and Victor Nováček also became known as musicians.
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 182/183, volume 4 .
- Christian Fastl: Nováček, brothers. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nováček, Ottokar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bela Crkva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1900 |
| Place of death | New York City |