Sigismund von Rumling

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Sigismund Freiherr von Rumling (* after 1739 in Alsace ; † May 7, 1825 in Munich ) was a German composer and artistic director.

Life

Sigismund von Rumling came from a family who owned estates in Hesse and Alsace. At the end of 1750 he came to the Munich court as a noble boy and graduated from the Jesuit high school in Munich in 1764 (today: Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ). After training as a musician, he began to compose theater and chamber music. In 1776 he became director of the court orchestra at the court of Zweibrücken . Here, under Duke Karl II August, he was responsible for court music at Karlsberg Palace . In 1799 he went to the court of the first Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph as court music director . Von Rumling died on May 7, 1825, at the age of probably 78 or 79.

Create

Although Sigismund von Rumling held the most important musical offices that were available at court during his lifetime, only a few of his works are known. In 1785 his first opera, Polydor , premiered at Karlsberg Palace, and a few years later the opera Roméo et Juliette . Both works were later performed in Paris. In addition, the compositions Ariette and 1 piano piece , theme from the new Sunday child with variation for piano as well as five symphonies are documented. From 2012 to 2013, the artistic director of the Homburg Master Concerts, Markus Korselt, revised three unfinished manuscripts of symphonies from the hand of Rumlings, which were stored at Thurn und Taxis in Regensburg and in Rudolstadt in Thuringia. The first performance of the symphonies in E flat major, C major and D major took place together with another symphony in E major on May 12, 2013 in Homburg.

literature

  • Nekrolog: Sigismund Freyherr von Rumling in Munich. In: Allgemeine Musical Zeitung , Volume 28, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1826.
  • Hermann Mendel (Ed.): Rumling, Sigismund Baron von. In: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences for educated people of all classes. Vol. 8, List & Francke, Leipzig 1890, p. 464.
  • Robert Eitner: Rumling, Sigismund Freiherr von. In: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Vol. 8, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1903, p. 358.

Further information on von Rumling can be found in:

  • Max Zenger: History of the Munich Opera. Edited by Theodor Kroyer, Verlag für practical art history, Dr. FX Weizinger & Co., Munich 1923.
  • Wilhelm Weber : Karlsberg Castle - Legend and Reality. The Wittelsbach castle buildings in the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . Ermer, Homburg-Saarpfalz 1987, ISBN 3-924653-02-X ( online excerpt at markuskorselt.eu).

Web links

Christine Maack: Forgotten Music from Karlsberg. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung, April 18, 2013, p. C5.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leitschuh, Max: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 101
  2. ^ Karl Friedrich August Müller (ed.): Der Baierische Landbote. No. 57, May 12, 1825, names the age of 78 under the heading Deaths and gives the cause of death: "Fire in the bowels of the abdomen and the lungs." Online under Der Baierische Landbote. First year, first half, from January to June 1825. p. 232
  3. ↑ a b c Christine Maack: Forgotten Music from Karlsberg.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung, April 18, 2013, p. C5.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de  
  4. ^ Hermann Mendel (Ed.): Rumling, Sigismund Baron von. In: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences for educated people of all classes. Vol. 8, List & Francke, Leipzig 1890, p. 464.
  5. ↑ For example, according to Robert Eitner: Rumling, Sigismund Freiherr von. In: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Vol. 8, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1903, p. 358, with the indication: “Of his compositions I can only prove: Ariette and 1 piano piece in Choix de mus. 1784 No. 36. 37. (BM Subject from the new Sunday child with Variat. For Klav. Mannheim, Götz.), (BM 5 symphonies. Ms. Stb. Darmst). "
  6. ↑ Thorsten Wolf: On the trail of a forgotten. Saarbrücker Zeitung, May 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Rumling, Sigismund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rumling, Sigismund Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH after 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Alsace
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1825
Place of death Munich