Viktor Rokitansky

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Viktor Rokitansky , Victor Freiherr von Rokitansky (born July 3, 1836 in Vienna , † July 17, 1896 there ) was an Austrian opera singer ( baritone ), composer and singing teacher . He was the younger brother of Hans Rokitansky .

Life

Rokitansky was a concert singer from a young age. From 1860 he lived in Italy for several years (including Milan and Bologna ), where he perfected his vocal studies.

After several years as a stage singer in Graz (1865), Olmütz (1866), Innsbruck (1868) and Lemberg (1869/70), he devoted himself to music lessons. From 1871 to 1880 he was professor of singing at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna . Rokitansky wrote the theoretical work On Singers and Singing (1891).

Rokitansky also composed songs and church music .

Student (selection)

Franz Xaver Battisti

Fonts

  • About singers and singing . A. Hartleben's Verlag, Vienna / Pest / Leipzig 1891 (2nd edition 1896).

Works (selection)

  • Ave Maria , op.4
  • O salutaris hostia , op.5
  • Morgenthau: We wanted in Kosen und Lieben , op.15
  • Al Ballo: Già la luna è in mezzo al mar ' , op.20
  • Because you are mine: How beautifully emblazoned in the fresh flower colors , op.21
  • Girl with a red mouth , op.22 (text: Heinrich Heine )
  • Quietly moves through my mind , op.26 (Text: Heinrich Heine)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Rokitansky, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rokitansky, Victor Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer and singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1896
Place of death Vienna