Wilhelm Freudenberg (composer)
Wilhelm Freudenberg (born March 11, 1838 in Raubach near Neuwied , † May 22, 1928 in Schweidnitz ) was a German composer , conductor and theater director.
From his life
Born as the son of an owner of the Raubacher Hütte, Freudenberg studied Protestant theology in Heidelberg after attending grammar school in Duisburg . During his studies he became a member of the Frankonia Heidelberg / Badenia fraternity in the winter semester of 1856/57 . In 1858 he went to Leipzig , where he studied music at the conservatory .
Wilhelm Freudenberg was an older brother of the women's rights activist Ika Freudenberg .
Works
- The rivals: romantic-comic opera in 3 acts. Bechtold, Wiesbaden 1879.
- Die Pfahlbauer: fantastic opera in 3 acts. Bechtold, Wiesbaden 1881 (possibly as early as 1877).
- Cleopatra: an opera in four acts. Göhmann, Hanover 1882.
- The mill in Wisperthal: a comic opera in three acts. Herbert, Darmstadt 1883.
- The Saint Katharinentag in Palermo: Opera in three acts. Hermann, Berlin 1889.
- Marino Faliero: an opera in three acts. Bechtold, Wiesbaden 1889/1890.
- Midsummer Night. 1896.
- The fair at Plundersweilern. (after Goethe) 1908.
- The Sulmenbach hermitage. Handwriting.
- The girl from Treppi. Handwriting.
literature
- Mentioned in: Friedrich Prüser: Freudenberg, Johann Philipp. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 409 f. ( Digitized version ).
- MGG IV, 930.
- Einstein - Görner, Volume 3.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 219-221.
Web links
- Freudenberg busts in the Mansfeld Collection.
- Choir director Professor Wilhelm Freudenberg in the choir of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
- Works by and about Wilhelm Freudenberg in the German Digital Library
- Search for librettists and composers in alphabetical list. | F.
- Wilhelm Freudenberg in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of members of the Frankonia fraternity in Heidelberg. 1956-1966. Heidelberg 1966, p. 7.
- ^ Friedrich Prüser: Freudenberg, Johann Philipp. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 409 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Guido Adler: Handbuch der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2, Volume 2. S. 884.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freudenberg, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freudenberg, Wilh .; Freudenberg, W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, conductor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Raubach near Neuwied |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1928 |
| Place of death | Schweidnitz |