Eduard Tauwitz

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Eduard Tauwitz (born January 21, 1812 in Glatz , Province of Silesia , Prussia , † July 26, 1894 in Prague , Austria-Hungary ) was a German composer , conductor , conductor and music director .

Life

Eduard Tauwitz composed the opera "Valeska" as a student at the Glatzer royal high school, which is based on the legend of the damsel of the same name who was walled up alive in the Glatzer castle. After graduating from high school, he first studied law at the University of Wroclaw . Because of his musical talent, he soon gave up his studies and turned to music. His teachers were the cathedral organist Franz Wolf and the music director Johann Theodor Mosewius . Tauwitz was soon given the position of music director at the Breslau City Theater, and from 1835 he was also head of the Academic Music Association. In 1837 he went to the opera in Vilnius as Kapellmeister , in 1840 he moved to the opera in Riga in the same position , where his compatriot Karl von Holtei was director. In 1847 Tauwitz returned to Breslau and took over the position of conductor at the opera house. In 1850 he was appointed music director at the Estates Theater in Prague, where he founded the Tauwitz men's choir named after him . After retiring in 1863, he took over the management of the Prague Sophia Academy . In 1897, the Glatzer Liedertafel , of which he had been an honorary member since 1882, donated a Tauwitz memorial in the Minoritenanlage, which was destroyed after the Second World War. Eduard Tauwitz died in Prague on July 27, 1894. His body was buried in the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.

His brother Julius Tauwitz (* 1826 in Glatz; † 1898 in Posen ) was also a successful conductor, music teacher and composer.

Works (selection)

Eduard Tauwitz's compositional work comprises four operas, orchestral works, music for plays, ballet music and, above all, music for male choirs.

  • Chants from: Schmolke and Bakel: comic opera in 1st act; Libretto: Breslau, Graß and Barth, ca.1845, 23 pp.
  • The mossy head; (Historical performance material of the Bavarian State Opera), ca.1864
  • Grave and wedding chants for male choir (unanimous with accompaniment of brass instruments); op.144.145, score: Regensburg, Coppenrath, 1885, 16 pp.

literature

  • Paul Preis: Music and theater life in the city and district of Glatz . 1. Volume Stadt Glatz, published by Stadt Lüdenscheid, 1967, pp. 35, 36 and 41

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biogramm Mosewius / Mosevius
  2. ↑ Tomb
  3. ^ German songbook for male singing  in the German Digital Library
personal data
SURNAME Tauwitz, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, conductor, conductor and music director
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Bald
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1894
Place of death Prague