Philipp Fahrbach the Elder
Philipp Fahrbach the Elder (born October 26, 1815 in Vienna ; † March 31, 1885 ibid) was an Austrian composer and conductor . Brother of Anton Fahrbach , Friedrich Fahrbach and Joseph Fahrbach , father of Philipp Fahrbach the Younger .
Life
Philipp Fahrbach was a student of Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss (father) . At the age of 17 he was already playing in the Strauss band. In 1835 he founded his own chapel and was director of the court ball from 1838 to 1856 . He then worked from 1841 to 1846 as a military bandmaster with Infantry Regiment No. 4 "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" . Then Fahrbach founded another band of his own, with which he went on a trip abroad to Berlin in 1849. From 1856 to 1865 he was military bandmaster in Infantry Regiment No. 14 , after which he directed a third civil band. Fahrbach died on March 31, 1885 after a fit of weakness. His grave is in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery (group 19, number 93).
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Fahrbach wrote 700 compositions, including two operas The Love Sacrifice (1844) and The Sword of the King (1845). He also composed waltzes, potpourris , marches and church music and made great contributions to military music, in which he was one of the first to perform with strings. The patriotic , Viennese volunteers , German masters and Schönbrunn waltzes are important pieces of dance music .
In addition, he was also active in literature and wrote for the Allgemeine Musikzeitung .
Current publications
- Around the Strauss Dynasty , (Audio-CD 1995)
literature
- - ( Autobiographer ), Max Singer (Ed.): Old Viennese memories . Saturn-Verlag, Vienna 1935, OVB .
- Fahrbach Philipp the Elder Ä .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 281 f. (Direct links on p. 281 , p. 282 ).
- Friedrich Anzenberger : Fahrbach, Philipp . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
- Friedrich Anzenberger (ed.): Symposium report: Symposium on the music of the high and German masters in the Danube monarchy . BoD, Norderstedt 2016, ISBN 978-3-7392-4703-8 .
- Friedrich Anzenberger: On the 200th birthday of Philipp Fahrbach sen. In: Brass music research. Messages from the Documentation Center of the Austrian Brass band . No. 22 , 2015, p. 4th f . ( blasmusik.at [PDF; 697 kB ; accessed on December 16, 2016]).
- Graves of celebrities Protestant cemetery Vienna-Matzleinsdorf.
Web links
- Works by and about Philipp Fahrbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Philipp Fahrbach the Elder in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Philipp Fahrbach Sr. (Pictorial representation, portrait, no year). - online .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fahrbach, Philipp the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fahrbach, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1885 |
| Place of death | Vienna |