Vincent Hauschka
Vinzenz Hauschka (in Czech Vincenc Houška , born January 21, 1766 in Mies , † September 13, 1840 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian civil servant, musician and composer .
Life
The student of Anton Laube and Josef Seger was cellist in the chapel of Count von Thun until 1788 . Later he got a post as a civil servant in Vienna. He was one of the founders and directors of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and conducted a number of concerts in which works by his friend Ludwig van Beethoven were performed. He composed several cello sonatas , notturni , canons and songs . His cello concertos and numerous chamber music works - including quintets and duets for baryton - have been lost.
In 1932 the Vinzenz-Hauschka-Gasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hauschka, Vincenz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 78 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hauschka Vinzenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 216.
- Stephan Ley , Unpublished Portraits from Beethoven's Circle of Friends , in: Westermanns Monatshefte , Jg. 150 = 75 (1931), pp. 511f. (Portraits of Johann Baptist von Puthon, Franz von Oppersdorff and Vinzenz Hauschka)
- Alfred Baumgärtner, Propylaea World of Music , Volume 3: Hauff – Menalt , Propylaea Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07833-1 , p. 139
- Peter Clive, Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary , New York 2001, pp. 153f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hauschka, Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Houška, Vincenc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bohemian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1840 |
| Place of death | Vienna |