Wilhelm Würfel
Wilhelm Würfel ( Wenzel Würfel , Václav Würfel ; * 1790 in Planany , † April 22, 1832 in Vienna ) was a Czech composer, organist, pianist and music teacher.
Würfel was a student of Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek and became an excellent pianist. From 1815 to 1824 he taught at the Warsaw Conservatory, where he was Frédéric Chopin's organ teacher . The last years of his life he was a conductor at the Kärntnertortheater .
Würfel's German-language opera Rübezahl was successfully performed at the Theater an der Wien . He also set some folk songs to music, e.g. B. How wonderful it is in the forest .
Web links
- Muzikus.cz - Život Cechu v hudbe
- "Contributions to a Historical Study of Jewish Music" p. 236
- Center Tcheque Paris - Frédéric Chopin et les pays tchèques
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Cube, Wilhelm . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1889, p. 226 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Wilhelm Würfel in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Wilhelm Würfel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cube, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cube, Wenzel; Cube, Václav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer, organist, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Planany |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1832 |
| Place of death | Vienna |