Paul Wranitzky

Paul Wranitzky , Czech Pavel Vranický (born December 30, 1756 in Neureisch (Czech Nová Říše) , Margraviate Moravia ; † September 26, 1808 in Vienna ) was a Moravian-Austrian composer and conductor of the Viennese classical music .

Life

Paul Wranitzky and his half-brother Anton played a prominent role in Vienna's musical life. Paul received lessons in singing, organ and violin as a child and went to Vienna in 1776 to study theology at his parents' request. There he took composition lessons from Joseph Martin Kraus . From 1785 until his death he was concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra, which he took over as director around 1790.

As secretary of the Vienna Tonkünstler Society, he applied for Joseph Haydn to apply for membership of the society free of charge.

As musical director of Count Johann Nepomuk Esterházy (from 1785) and director of the newly founded orchestra of the Vienna Court Opera in the Theater am Kärntnertor (from 1795) the composer was friends with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven . Haydn insisted that Wranitzky, one of the most respected conductors of his time, conduct performances of The Creation in 1799 and 1800 . Like Mozart, he was a member of the Freemason Lodge on the Crowned Hope , which had belonged to the Grand State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany since 1776 .

In 1932, Wranitzkygasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after the composer.

Research by Philippe Autexier showed that Paul Wranitzky was in all probability the originator of the melody of the Austrian national anthem .

Works (selection)

Text and sheet music: Austrian national anthem, composition: Viktor Keldorfer

Operas

Oberon, King of the Elves , 1789 ( digitized version of the libretto )
Zephyr and Flora, 1795
The forest girl, 1796

Symphonies and quartets

op. 2 Symphony in C major, also called 1st Grande Symphonie, was composed in 1790 ("A Magyar Nemzet Öröme" / "Joy of the Hungarian Nation")
op. 11 symphony
op.16 Symphony in D major No. 3
op. 31 Grande symphony caractéristique pour la paix avec la République française C minor
op. 33 Three symphonies
op. 35 Three symphonies
op. 36 Symphony in D major " at the wedding of Archduke Joseph and Grand Duchess Alexandra Paulowna "
op. 37 Symphony in D major " at the marriage of Count Esterhazy with the Marquise de Roisin "
op. 50 Symphony in G major
op. 51 Symphony in A major
op. 52 Symphony in D major

Quartets

op. 28 Flute Quartet No. 1 in G major
op. 28 Flute Quartet No. 2 in C major
op. 28 Flute Quartet No. 3 in A minor
op. 32 String Quartet No. 1
op. 32 String Quartet No. 2
op. 32 String Quartet No. 3
op. 32 String Quartet No. 4
op. 32 String Quartet No. 5
op. 32 String Quartet No. 6

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Wranitzky, Paul . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1889, pp. 143–148 ( digitized version ).
Max Dietz: Wranitzky, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 554 f.
Rita Steblin , Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808): New Biographical Facts from Vienna's Archives , in: Mozart Studies , Volume 21 (2012), pp. 369–395
Harald Strebel , A newly discovered autograph letter (October 5, 1807) from Paul Wranitzky to Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst Lobkowitz. Miszellaneen on the life and work of the Bohemian musician, Freemason brother and friend of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven . In: In signo Wolfgang Amadé Mozart , Mitteilungen der MGZ, 13th year, No. 21, January 2003, pp. 15–35.

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Paul Wranitzky in the International Music Score Library Project
The Wranitzky Project - Life and Works.
Opera works and manuscripts by Paul Wranitzky in the DFG opera project
List of stage works by Paul Wranitzky based on the MGG at Operone
Catalog of works on Klassika

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Joachim Diederichs : Who did the melody of the Austrian national anthem come from? in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , year 73, issue 1, pp. 79–82. Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag , 2018. Diederichs refers in his presentation to the music and Masonic researcher Autexier.

personal data
SURNAME	Wranitzky, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vranicky, Pavel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neureisch
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1808
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Cf. Joachim Diederichs : Who did the melody of the Austrian national anthem come from? in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , year 73, issue 1, pp. 79–82. Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag , 2018. Diederichs refers in his presentation to the music and Masonic researcher Autexier.