Viktor Rokitansky
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)
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
- C. Höslinger: Rokitansky Hans Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 221. (also mentioned).
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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 |