Richard Wüerst

Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (born February 22, 1824 in Berlin ; † October 9, 1881 ibid) was a German music teacher, composer and music critic.

Life

Trained with Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen in Berlin, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (composition) and Ferdinand David (violin) in Leipzig , he settled back in his hometown after a study trip from 1845 to 1846 via Frankfurt am Main , Brussels and Paris . In 1851 his symphony in F major op. 21 was awarded first prize in a composition competition of the Cologne Musical Society.

In Berlin he worked from 1856 as royal music director, was appointed professor in 1874 and became a member of the Academy of Arts in 1877 . He also taught composition at the Kullak Conservatory and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung from 1874 to 1875 . In addition to seven operas, three symphonies and a violin concerto, he wrote the book The Elementary Theory of Music and the Doctrine of the Accords , which appeared in 1867. Wüerst was also a music critic for the Berlin foreign newspaper .

family

Richard Wüerst was with the concert singer Franziska, geb. Weimann , married. This marriage resulted in two children.

Works

Music theory

The elementary theory of music and the theory of the accords. A textbook for musicians a. Music lovers . Bote & Bock, Berlin 1867. ( limited preview in Google book search)

Compositions (selection)

Operas

Der Rothmantel , romantic comic opera in three acts (libretto: Richard Wüerst). Decker printing works, Berlin 1848
Vineta, or Am Meeresstrand , great romantic opera in three acts, based on a folk tale by Friedrich Gerstäcker , (Libretto: Richard Wüerst), op.40.Bote & Bock Verlag, 1863.
Der Stern von Turan , great opera in four acts, based on a poem by Paul Heyse (libretto: Ernst Wichert ), op 45.Bote & Bock Verlag, Berlin 1865.
The tour , a dramatic-musical joke in one act (Libretto: Adolf von Winterfeld ). Publishing house Bote & Bock, Berlin 1868.
Faublas , comic opera in three acts, after Jean Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (libretto: Ernst Wichert), op.61.Bote & Bock Verlag, Berlin 1872.
The officers of the empress , opera in four acts (libretto: Ernst Wichert). Berlin 1878.
A-ing-fo-hi , comic opera in three acts, based on a novella by Anton Giulio Barrili (libretto: Ernst Wichert), op.65.Bote & Bock Verlag, Berlin 1875.

Symphonies

Symphony in F major with the motto “Go there, my child and break the golden fruit”, op. 21. Verlag Heinrichshofen, Magdeburg 1852.
Symphony in C minor for orchestra, op.38. Verlag Trautwein, Berlin 1862.
Symphony in D minor for large orchestra, op.54.Bote & Bock Verlag, Berlin 1869.

Cantata

The Wasserneck , lyric cantata for choir, solo and orchestra, based on a poem by Julius Mosen , op.50. Verlag Bahn, Berlin 1857.

Other compositions

Two romances for the violin with accompaniment of the pianoforte, op. 13. Verlag Friedrich Hoffmeister, Leipzig 1840. Dr. Theodor Kullak amicably appropriated.
Dance of the mosquitoes, flies and beetles , Scherzo for orchestra, op.87.Rem & Erler Verlag, Berlin 1882.

literature

Heinrich Dorn: Richard Wüerst. In Neue Berliner Musikzeitung of October 20, 1881. Vol. 35, No. 42. Berlin 1881, 329–331
Robert Eitner : Wuerst, Richard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 342 f.
Richard Wüerst. In: Riemanns "Musiklexikon" , edition 1929.
W (illiam) L (ines) Hubbard, George Whitfield Andrews, Edward Dickinson, Arthur Foote, Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrail, Emil Liebling: The American History and Encyclopedia of Music. Musical biographies. Volume 2. 5th edition. Kessinger Publishing, Toledo, New York 2005, p. 494.
Klaus Martin Kopitz , Eva Katharina Klein, Thomas Synofzik (eds.): Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with correspondents in Berlin from 1832 to 1883 (= Schumann-Briefedition , Series II, Volume 17). Dohr, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5 , pp. 891-899.

Web links

Works by and about Richard Wüerst in the catalog of the German National Library
Sheet music and audio files by Richard Wüerst in the International Music Score Library Project
Richard Wüerst, catalog raisonné (with portrait photo)
Author: Wüerst, Richard. Digitized works in the Bavarian State Library
Wüerst, Richard in DMgA German Music History Archive
Portrait of Richard Wüerst in the university library of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , Manskopf portrait collection

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Dorn: Richard Wüerst . In: Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . Vol. 35, no. 42 . Berlin October 20, 1881, p. 329-331 .
^ W (illiam) L (ines) Hubbard, George Whitfield Andrews, Edward Dickinson, Arthur Foote, Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrail, Emil Liebling: The American History and Encyclopedia of Music. Musical biographies. 5th edition. tape 2 . Kessinger Publishing, Toledo, New York 2005, pp. 494 .
^ IMSLP Petrucci Music Library: List of Works by Richard Wüerst. Project Petrucci LLC, Agents and Corporations, Inc., Wilmington, USA, accessed on June 9, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wüerst, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wüerst, Richard Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1881
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Heinrich Dorn: Richard Wüerst . In: Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . Vol. 35, no. 42 . Berlin October 20, 1881, p. 329-331 .

[2] W (illiam) L (ines) Hubbard, George Whitfield Andrews, Edward Dickinson, Arthur Foote, Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrail, Emil Liebling: The American History and Encyclopedia of Music. Musical biographies. 5th edition. tape 2 . Kessinger Publishing, Toledo, New York 2005, pp. 494 .

[3] IMSLP Petrucci Music Library: List of Works by Richard Wüerst. Project Petrucci LLC, Agents and Corporations, Inc., Wilmington, USA, accessed on June 9, 2016 .