Wilhelm Argauer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wilhelm Argauer (also: Wilhelm Aargauer; * 1863 in Vienna ; † February 28, 1904 in Vienna) was an Austro-German conductor , music teacher and composer .

Life

Wilhelm Argauer came from a family from Währing . He studied at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1876, at the age of 13, he received his first student at the Conservatory, whom he taught within eight months to pass the Conservatory entrance examination with great success . In 1878 he was a member of the orchestra in Josefstadt and then came as a flautist in the chapel of Baron Nathaniel Meyer von Rothschild and went on a concert tour with them to London. There they played in front of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland . From 1880 to 1884 he directed the chapel himself. In 1884 he became Kapellmeister at the Theater in der Josefstadt . From 1887 to 1888 he was choirmaster of the Döblinger men's choir. On March 5, 1888, the Döblinger men's choir under the direction of Argauer organized the first statutory recital in the Zögernitz casino . It was Argauer's debut with the Döblingern. On April 18, 1888, the posse was Wo ist der Frack? premiered in the Fürsttheater im kk Prater, where it was on the program almost every day until May 10th. On July 12th, 1888, the Döblinger male choir organized a summer song evening under Argauer's direction in the garden of the Casino Zögernitz. At the general meeting of the Döblinger men's choir on January 5, 1888, Argauer was confirmed as choirmaster. On March 16 and May 12, 1889, he organized two more statutory recitals with the Döblinger Männergesangverein . From 1889 he was second conductor at the Deutsches Volkstheater for six years . Argauer became the owner of a music school. On February 14, 1902, the Vienna Volks-Symphonie-Orchester-Verein was founded, of which Argauer was a founding member. He became conductor of the orchestra and, in addition to other concerts, conducted the four regular concerts of the first concert season. On October 25, 1902, he conducted the first concert in the Zögernitz casino in Döbling in Vienna. The program included Patrie, Overture dramatique, by Georges Bizet , the 1st Violin Concerto in G minor by Max Bruch with the soloist, the concertmaster of the orchestra Alfred Schotter, and the 2nd Symphony by Josef Haydn as the overture The bat by Johan Strauss and the waltz silk and velvet from the operetta The Foreign Legionnaire by Carl Michael Ziehrer . The second concert followed on December 4, 1902, and the third on January 8. The fourth concert in the concert series followed on March 12, 1903 under his direction. He died on February 28, 1904 after an operation in a hospital in Vienna. The Wiener Volksblatt stated that the cause of death was blood decomposition .

Works (selection)

  • Where's the tailcoat? Posse with singing in three acts and six pictures. Text: Friedrich Rotter: First performance: April 18, 1888 in the Fürsttheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater. 1st picture: Mr. Schwartl's tailcoat . 2nd picture: The tailcoat in the tailor's workshop . 3rd picture: The tailcoat in the theater . 4th image: The tailcoat under arrest . 5th picture: The tailcoat at the picks-sweet Hölzl . 6th picture: Where is the tailcoat?
    • Cast of the world premiere: Sebastian Schwartl (Brandstätter), Natalie, his second wife (Lerach), Sofie, his daughter (Karlsburg), Theodor Schmoll, lawyer (Stieff), Jakob, formerly Aufhackknecht, now servant (Kräuser), Caroline, chambermaid ( Angeli), Pamstig, caretaker (Müller), Nelly, his daughter (Wellean), Sticherl, master tailor (Weißmüller), Pepi, his daughter (Maier), Chrisostomus Dünn (Fiala), Natzl (apprentice Hell), Baron Augustin Knickerich (Erl ), Agamemnon Nullerl (farmer), Freiherr von Schönthal (Tragan), Rosenblatt, Börsianer (Large), Strictness, Director (Romani), Important (Schauer), Jaques, hairdresser (Becker), Brösicke, Vagabund (Schöntag), Mischler, Heurigenschänker (Janda), Sali, his daughter (Weiß), Pepi (Maier), Cordula (Langhof), Clothide (Ott), Julie (Lupetina)
  • Vienna as it loves and lives, farce in three acts, text: P. Krenn and F. Schamberg, performed on June 2, 1893 in the Royal Theater on Gärtnerplatz in Munich
  • Concert waltz in E for piano. op. 151, published by Doblinger, 1895
  • O you Chinese. Posse with singing in four pictures. Text: Friedrich Rotter. The Jantsch Theater in Vienna's Prater opened its season on May 2, 1896 with the performance of the play. The musical director of the performance was Capellmeister James Clement from Munich. In an advance notice, the Deutsche Volksblatt wrote on April 29, 1896 that Argauer had written very nice music about it.
  • The dashing Pepi. Posse with singing in three acts. Text: Leopold Krenn, Cal Lindau. The first performance took place on January 23, 1897 in the Theater an der Wien .
    • Roles: Tobias Zangl; Amalie cabbage sausage; Josefine Weißmeier; Marie Weißmeier; Blasius Hopfer; Sebastian Würzl; Prokop of Sobotka; Wenceslas of Sobotka; Binders, upholsterers; Leonie von Zippel; Egidius, servant; Resi, maid; Kathi, cook.
    • Review in the New Vienna Journal of January 24, 1897: The reviewer writes that the farce is musically illustrated very nicely . It would be three nudes of infinite length and yet it was only the filler that complements the evening.
    • March out of the singing rungs The dashing Pepi
  • Darah bumdio , farce with singing in 5 pictures. Text: Friedrich Rotter
  • The Confusion Council, humorous solo scene with piano accompaniment Text: Karl Reiberger, Incipit: I've got it, who would have thought. Knorr, Leipzig, around 1890 OCLC 256772683
  • Rosa Retty Waltzes for Piano, Op. 154, Rosa Retty dedicated in 1897 by the music shop A. Jungmann and C. Lerch sold
  • Impromptu D flat major for piano op. 171, published by Jbei ungmann & Lerch, Vienna, 1898 The piece was performed on March 12, 1903 at the fourth concert of the Vienna Volks-Symphonie-Orchester-Verein by the pianist Josefine Mareka.
  • So think, feel, and that's how you dance today. Waltz for piano op.172, published by Jungmann & Lerch, Vienna, 1898
  • Valse brillante for piano op.174
  • Archduke Ferdinand Carl March op.194
  • The Viennese women , waltzes. op. 200. Dedicated to the dashing and genuine Viennese Miss Mizzi Schuster. Published in the Wiener Musik-Verlagshaus The waltz was performed on November 17, 1901 at a string concert by the Vöcklabruck Citizens Corps band under the direction of Kapellmeister Franz Schwalm.
  • various overtures
  • Prelude for orchestra

Web links

Digital copies

  1. ↑ Playbill for the third performance on January 25, 1897 of the singing antics “Die fesche Pepi” as a digitized version in the Austrian State Archives
  2. ↑ March from the singing rogue “Die fesche Pepi” as digitized version at ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The anniversary of the conductor Argauer . In: Illustrated Wiener Extrablatt . Vienna March 30, 1901, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f theater, art and literature . In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) . Vienna March 1, 1904, p. 11 ( onb.ac.at ).
  3. ↑ a b c d e From the musical world - Wilhelm Argauer . In: The Lyra . Vienna March 15, 1904, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at ).
  4. ↑ The Döblinger Male Choir . In: Johann Kiebeck (Hrsg.): Deutsche Kunst- & Musikzeitung . Vienna March 7, 1888, p. 71 ( onb.ac.at ).
  5. ^ Döblinger male choir . In: Johann Kiebeck (Hrsg.): Deutsche Kunst- & Musikzeitung . Vienna March 15, 1888, p. 78 ( onb.ac.at ).
  6. ^ Wiener Verein = Chronicle . In: The Lyra . Vienna July 15, 1888, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at ).
  7. ^ Döblinger male choir . In: Johann Kiebeck (Ed.): DeutscheKunst & Musikzeitung . Vienna February 1, 1889, p. 23 ( onb.ac.at ).
  8. ^ Döblinger male choir . In: German Art & Music Newspaper . Vienna March 10, 1889, p. 55 .
  9. ^ Döblinger male choir . In: The Lyra . Vienna June 1, 1889, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at ).
  10. ↑ The Döblinger Male Choir . In: Johann Kiebeck (Ed.): German Art & Music Newspaper . Vienna May 20, 1889, p. 120 ( onb.ac.at ).
  11. ↑ a b European News - Austria Hungary . In: Indiana Tribune . Indianapolis, Indiana June 4, 1904, p. 6 ( newspapers.com ).
  12. ↑ From the clubs . In: Ostdeutsche Rundschau . Vienna February 22, 1902, p. 7 ( onb.ac.at ).
  13. ↑ Association news . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna March 2, 1902, p. 24 ( onb.ac.at ).
  14. ^ Austrian National Library: ANNO, Arbeiter Zeitung, 1902-10-28, page 4. Accessed on January 14, 2018 .
  15. ↑ The Vienna Symphony Orchestra folk club . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna October 23, 1902, p. 10 ( onb.ac.at ).
  16. ^ Art and Science . In: Ostdeutsche Rundschau . Vienna December 2, 1902, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at ).
  17. ↑ Art News - The Viennese Folk Symphony Orchestra Association . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna January 30, 1903, p. 14 ( onb.ac.at ).
  18. ↑ a b Theater, Art and Literature . In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) . Vienna March 11, 1903, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at ).
  19. ^ Döblinger MGV In: The Lyra . Vienna March 15, 1904, p. 11 ( onb.ac.at ).
  20. ^ Directory of the deceased . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna March 8, 1904, p. 10 ( onb.ac.at ).
  21. ^ Theater in Vienna Wednesday April 18th . In: The press . Vienna April 18, 1888, p. 12 ( onb.ac.at ).
  22. ↑ Fürsttheater in the Imperial and Royal Prater . In: The press . Vienna April 19, 1888, p. 12 ( onb.ac.at ).
  23. ↑ Dr. Thomas Siedhoff, Elke Schöninger: ACTIEN-VOLKSTHEATER repertoire of the seasons 1865–1872 / 73, KÖNIGLICHES THEATER AM GÄRTNERPLATZ repertoire of the seasons 1873 / 74–1917 / 18, GÄRTNERPLATZTHEATER repertoire of the seasons 1918 / 19–1930 / 31 - A chronological documentation . S. 151 ( deutsches-musicalarchiv.de [PDF]).
  24. ↑ August 1895 . In: Friedrich Hofmeister (Ed.): Musical-literary monthly report . Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig 1895, p. 312 ( onb.ac.at ).
  25. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature . In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) . Vienna April 30, 1896, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at ).
  26. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna April 29, 1896, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at ).
  27. ↑ "O you Chinese": Posse with singing in 5 pictures. In: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC14257841 . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Local Chronicle . In: Viennese municipal calendar and city yearbook . Vienna 1898, p. 465 ( onb.ac.at ).
  29. ↑ The dashing Pepi. Original posse with song and dance in 3 acts by --- and Karl Lindau. Music by W (ilhelm) Argauer. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  30. ^ The dashing Pepi: farce with singing. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Theater and Art . In: Neues Wiener Journal . Vienna January 24, 1897, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at ).
  32. ↑ "Darah bumdio": Posse with singing in 5 pictures. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  33. ↑ Hofmeister XIX: April 1889. In: http://www.hofmeister.rhul.ac.uk . Royal Holloway, University of London, accessed July 20, 2019 .
  34. ↑ New! In: Wiener Sonn- und Monday-Zeitung . Vienna April 19, 1897, p. 7 ( onb.ac.at ).
  35. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature . In: Deutsches Volksblatt . Vienna March 11, 1903, p. 10 ( onb.ac.at ).
  36. ↑ August 1898 . In: Hofmeister: Musical-literary monthly report . Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig 1898, p. 346 ( onb.ac.at ).
  37. ↑ August 1898. In: http://anno.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  38. ↑ Op. 174. Valse brillante pour piano. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  39. ↑ Recommended piano pieces . In: German art and music newspaper . Vienna 1901 ( onb.ac.at ).
  40. ↑ The Viennese women. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  41. ^ Correspondences . In: Linzer Volksblatt . Linz November 19, 1901, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at ).
  42. ↑ Praeludio for orchestra. In: http://data.onb.ac.at . Austrian National Library, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Argauer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aargauer, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1904
Place of death Vienna