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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1BIOGRAPHIES
3Marpurg
4Marpurg (mär'-poorkh), Friedrich. 1825-1884.
5Distinguished violinist and pianist; grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg; born at Paderborn. Studied in Leipsic under Mendelssohn and Hauptmann, and after completing his musical education toured Poland, Prussia and Pomerania. Was appointed conductor of the Opera at Königsberg and also led the local symphony and chamber concerts. Taught for a while as director at the Musical Academy and later at a school of his own. In 1854 he was appointed director of the Liedertafel at Mainz and in 1864 Hofkapellmeister at Sondershausen. From 1866 to 1868 he lived at Wiesbaden, then went to Darmstadt, succeeding Mangold in the directorship of the Court Orchestra. In 1872 he gave up this position to become Chapelmaster at Freiburg, going to Laybach in 1875, then returning to Wiesbaden. He is accredited with three operas, Musa, der letzte Maurenkönig; Agnes von Hohenstaufen and Die Lichtensteiner.
7Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm. 1718-1795.
8Eminent German writer on the theory of music; was born at Seehausen, in Altmark, Saxony. In 1746 he was appointed secretary to General Rothenburg at Paris, where he came in contact with Voltaire, d'Alembert and Rameau. He lived for a while in Berlin, then in Hamburg, and in 1763 he settled in Berlin to take charge of the government lottery. In 1750 he started a musical journal, entitled Der Kritische Musikus an der Spree, of which only fifty numbers were issued. In 1754 he began to publish Historisch-Kritische Beyträge zur aufnahme der Musik, and from 1759 to 1764 he published Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst. He also wrote the celebrated Handbuch bei dem Generalbasse und der Composition, which exploits Rameau's system, Anleitung zur Singecomposition, Abhandlung von der Fuge, six sonatas for piano, and some sacred and secular songs. He was preparing a History of the Organ when he died.
10Marschner (märsh'-nër), Heinrich. 1795-1861.
11One of the most talented disciples of Weber and Spohr in German romantic opera; was born at Zittau. In childhood he studied music and made such rapid progress that he soon outgrew the teachers under whom he was placed. He studied at the Gymnasium and sang in the choir of the church at Bautzen. He went to Leipsic to study law in 1813 and while there pursued the study of music under the cantor, Schicht. In 1817 he went to Vienna with Count Thadäus von Amadée, and while there met Beethoven, Klein and Kozeluch, who advised him to devote himself to the composition of sonatas, symphonies and such music. He taught music for a time in Presburg, and wrote Der Kyffhäuserberg, Saidor and Heinrich IV., which Weber produced at the German Opera in Dresden in 1820. This made so favorable an impression that in 1823 Marschner was made chapelmaster of German Opera, acting with Weber. This relationship proved a harmonious one, and in 1824 Marschner was made music-director. He resigned his position on the death of Weber and became chapelmaster of the Leipsic Theatre. The following year he produced Der Vampyr, which in spite of its gruesome libretto attained remarkable success, and was even produced in England in 1829, where it ran for about two months and received great applause. In 1829 he produced Der Templer und die Jüdin, for which with his brother-in-law, Wohlbrück, he constructed the libretto from Scott's Ivanhoe. In 1831 he became Court chapelmaster at Hanover, a post he held for twenty-eight years. In 1833 he produced his masterpiece, Hans Heiling, to a libretto by Eduard Devrient. This opera immediately attained the greatest success and has ever since held a place on the stage in Germany. In 1830 he directed its performance at Copenhagen and made so good an impression that he was offered the general music directorship of Denmark, which honor he declined. This opera proved his last important work; in 1859 he was pensioned and given the title of General-music-director; two years later he died at Hanover. Some of his other compositions are Schön Ell; Der Bäbu; Adolf von Nassau; La Fiancée du Fauconnier; Le Château au Pied du Mont Etna; overture to Le Prince de Hombourg; Austin; Lucretia; Der Holzdiet; Incidental
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