Julius Weismann
Julius Weismann (26 December 1879 – 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.[1]
Biography
Weismann was born in Freiburg im Breisgau. He studied with Josef Rheinberger and Ludwig Thuille. As a composer, he left over 150 opus numbers and numerous works without opus number. His works include six operas, three symphonies, three piano concertos, four violin concertos, eleven string quartets (two of these recently recorded in string orchestra arrangement on a cpo recording[2]), piano music, chamber works (including a violin sonata[3]) and about 200 lieder.
Weismann's six operas were:[4]
- Schwanenweiß (1920, premiered 1923), libretto after August Strindberg
- Ein Traumspiel (1924, premiered 1925), libretto after A. Strindberg
- Leonce und Lena (1924, premiered 1925), after a text by Georg Büchner
- Regina del Lago (1926, premiered 1928), libretto by Erica Stuber after a text by Walter Calé
- Die Gespenstersonate (The Ghost Sonata), libretto after A. Strindberg (1930)
- Die pfiffige Magd (1938, premiered 1939), libretto after Ludvig Holberg
Weismann was also a teacher, whose students included Hans Heinsheimer.[5]
From 1934 Julius Weismann was one of the honorary chairmen of the "Working Group of National Socialist Composers".
He died in Singen am Hohentweil, Lake Constance.
References
- ^ See LCCN.
- ^ description of two Weismann string quartets CD from Records International
- ^ see IMSLP.
- ^ "Operone" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ Correspondence, 1925–1935 (Adorno), p. 11, at Google Books. Note 6.
Further reading
- Rataj, Gerd. "Bertold Hummel commentaries". Retrieved 31 May 2014. A biography of Weismann, part of a series of biographies about people around the composer Bertold Hummel made for the record label Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm.
- "Kurzbiographie" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- Falcke, Wilm: Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Julius Weismann. Verzeichnis des Schrifttums und der Ansprachen über Julius Weismann und seine Werke (Duisburg]: [s.n.], 1955) OCLC 16779223 (see also OCLC 16510727)
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