Sextet op. 33 & Octet op. 73
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Title:
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Sextet op. 33 & Octet op. 73 |
Otros títulos:
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Sextet op. 33 Octet op. 73 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Felix Weingartner; Oliver Triendl; Ensemble Acht |
Código CDU:
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Wein.05 |
Forma Musical:
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Sextets (Piano, violins (2), viola, violoncello, double bass) ; Octets (Piano, bassoon, clarinet, horn, violins (2), viola, violoncello). |
Abstract:
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Felix Weingartner, who did much to shape the modern art of conducting, studied piano and composition in Graz, Austria with the composer W.A. Remy. On the recommendation of Hanslick, he received a stipend from the state, and in 1881 he went on to study philosophy at Leipzig University, later attending the Leipzig Conservatory where he made the acquaintance of Liszt. Liszt persuaded him to become a conductor and helped to produce Weingartner's first opera, Sakuntala, at Weimar in 1884. In the same year he began his conducting career in Königsberg.
Thereafter, Weingartner was constantly on the move: Danzig (1885-1887); as Hans von Bülow's assistant in Hamburg (1887-1889); Mannheim (1889-91); Berlin's Kaim Royal Opera Orchestra (1891-1898); the Vienna Opera, where he succeeded Mahler (1898-1903); Hamburg again (1912-14); Darmstadt (1914-1919); Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1919-1927). Over the same period, he toured Europe, making his first visits to London in ... |
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