Louis Schlösser ( German: Louis Schlösser ; 1800–1886) is a pianist , composer , conductor and music critic .
| Louis Schlösser | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
| A country | |
| Professions | , , , |
| Instruments | |
Biography
Louis Schlösser was born on November 17, 1800 in the city of Darmstadt . He studied music with Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried , Joseph Maysider and Antonio Salieri in Vienna , then with Jean-Francois Lesiuer and Rudolf Kreutzer in Paris . Got a place as a court bandmaster in his native city [2] .
He wrote operas: Das Leben ein Traum (1839), Die Braut des Herzogs (1847), the melodrama Die Jahreszeiten, music for Faust, intermissions, ballets, symphonies; overtures, string quartets, concerts, piano compositions, romances and other works, a significant number of which were printed during the author’s lifetime [2] .
Louis Schlösser died on November 17, 1886 in his hometown [3] .
His son Adolf followed in his father's footsteps and also devoted his life to music: since 1847 he toured many times in Germany, and in 1853 he settled in London , where he became known as a pianist and composer and soon became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music ; his piano quartet and trio were published, as well as a number of sketches and many songs [2] .
Among his students was, in particular, Joseph Abenheim [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Schl%C3%B6sser%2C_Louis
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schlösser // Musical dictionary : in 3 volumes / comp. H. Riemann ; add. Russian department with staff. P. Weimarn and others; per. and all ext. under the editorship of Yu. D. Engel . - Per. from the 5th of it. ed. - Moscow — Leipzig: ed. B.P. Jurgenson , 1904 .
- ↑ Enciclopedia Espasa
- ↑ Abenheim // Music Dictionary : in 3 volumes / comp. H. Riemann ; add. Russian department with staff. P. Weimarn and others; per. and all ext. under the editorship of Yu. D. Engel . - Per. from the 5th of it. ed. - Moscow — Leipzig: ed. B.P. Jurgenson , 1904 .
Links
- Louis Schlösser // Musik-Lexikon (1864).