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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1Belagerung von Gothenburg; Mara, given in Vienna, 1841; Die Eroberung von Granada, ib., 1844; Die seltene Hochzeit, ib., 1846; Die Königin von Castilien. Overtures, symphonies, string quartets. More than 100 songs.—Heindl, Gallerie, etc., ii. 54; Kessler, Jos. Netzer, etc. (Gratz, 1864); Wurzbach.
3NEUBAUER, FRANZ CHRISTIAN, born at Horzin, Bohemia, in 1760, died at Bückeburg, Oct. 11, 1795. Violinist, pupil of a village school teacher, went early to Prague and Vienna, where he made the acquaintance of Mozart, Haydn, and Wranitzky; then led a wandering, dissipated life, giving concerts in many German cities, and composing. In 1789 he became Kapellmeister to Prince Weilburg, but, as the French Revolution soon caused the disbanding of the orchestra, he went to Minden, and later to Bückeburg, where he was at first court composer, and afterwards successor of J. C. F. Bach as Kapellmeister. His early death was partly due to intemperance. Works: Ferdinand und Yoriko, operetta, given in Vienna about 1786; Cantatas; 12 symphonies; 10 string quartets; String duets and trios; Violin sonatas; Violoncello, flute, and pianoforte concertos; Flute duets and trios; Sonata for pianoforte, violin, and bass; Variations for pianoforte and violin; Songs.—Dlabacz; Fétis; Gerber; Mendel; Riehl, Mus. Charakterköpfe, i. 253; Schilling; Schlichtegroll, Nekrolog auf des Jahr, 1795 (Gotha), 395; Wurzbach.
5NEUENDORFF, ADOLPH, born in Hamburg, Germany, June 13, 1843, still living, 1890. When twelve years old he was a fair pianist; in 1855, his father having removed to New York, he received instruction there on the violin from Joseph Weinlich. When sixteen he became second violinist, and in 1859 first violinist, of the old Stadt Theatre, New York, and made his début as a pianist. In 1860-61 he was in South America, and on his return to New York studied theory and composition under Carl Anschütz, whom he succeeded in 1864, after a short residence in Milwau-
7kee, as conductor of the German opera. In 1867 he was conductor of the New Stadt Theatre, and is said to have produced, in three successive seasons, forty comic operas; in 1870-71 he brought from Europe another company, with which he gave more than thirty German operas in seven months, Lohengrin being then sung for the first time in America. In 1872 he went to Europe, and brought back with him Theodor Wachtel, and gave, in partnership with Carl Rosa, a season of Italian opera at the new Academy of Music in New York, with Parépa, Adelaide Phillipps, Wachtel, and Santley as singers. He also established the Germania Theatre in New York, and served as conductor of a choral society, and organist of one of the city churches. In 1875 he brought Wachtel to America again, and with Mme Pappenheim gave German opera in the Academy of Music. In 1876 he conducted the Beethoven Centennial Concerts in New York, and attended the first Wagner Festival at Baireuth as correspondent of the "New-Yorker Staats Zeitung;" and in the winter of 1877 produced, at the Academy of Music, Der fliegende holländer, Tannhäuser, and Die Walküre. In 1878 he succeeded Theodore Thomas as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. Financially ruined in 1883 by the failure of the Germania Theatre, he has since conducted operas and concerts all over the United States, and in 1887-88 was conductor of the concerts given by Josef Hoffmann on his first tour in America. Works: The Rat Charmer of Hamelin, comic opera in four acts, 1880; Don Quixote, comic opera in four acts, 1882; Prince Woodruff, romantic comic opera in three acts, 1887; Symphony No. 1, 1878; Symphony No. 2, 1880; Several smaller orchestral works; Songs, male quartets, etc.
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