Ernst Edler von Schuch, born Ernst Gottfried Schuch (23 November 1846, Graz – 10 May 1914, Niederlößnitz/Radebeul Dresden) was an Austrian conductor, who became famous through his working collaborations with Richard Strauss at the Dresden Court Opera. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Graz (etymologically from Slovene: Gradec IPA /gradeʦ/ "little castle" with a population of around 290000 as of 2008 (of which 252852 have principal Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Radebeul is a town ( große Kreisstadt) in the Elbe valley in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted
Schuch first studied for Law, and later turned to music, being trained at first by E. Stolz. He studied in Graz and later in Vienna, briefly with Felix Otto Dessoff, and began in 1867 as Kapellmeister at Lobe's Theatre in Breslau. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Felix Otto Dessoff ( January 14 1835 &ndash October Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia There followed engagements in Würzburg (1868–1870), Graz (1870/1871) and Basle, until he was employed in 1872 by Pollini's Italian Opera for Dresden. Würzburg (ˈvʏɐ̯ʦbʊɐ̯k is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. There in 1872 he became Music director at the Court Opera, from 1873 Royal Kapellmeister with Julius Rietz, later with Franz Wüllner. August Wilhelm Julius Rietz ( December 28, 1812, Berlin &ndash September 12, 1877, Dresden) was a German WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Franz Wüllner ( 28 January 1832 &ndash In 1878 he became a Royal Professor. In 1882 he undertook the direction of the Court Opera as Privy Councillor, and in 1889 he became General Music Director. He took up residence in 1882 in Niederlößnitz in the Weintraubenstraße (in 1883 on his own suggestion renamed as Schuchstraße 15/17). In 1898 Schuch was ennobled by the Austrian emperor and in 1899 was appointed to the Saxon Confidential Privy Council. His period of influence is known as the Schuch Era in Opera history.
With tours as guest conductor in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Paris he remained committed to Dresden until 1914, and made the opera house there into one of the leading musical stages of Europe, he created a surpassing ensemble and enlarged the orchestra to one of the greatest in the world. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Beside the operatic repertoire of Richard Wagner he also led the original productions of the Richard Strauss operas Feuersnot (1901), Salome (1905), Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911) as well as the first German productions of Puccini and Mascagni. Feuersnot ( The Need for Fire or Fire Famine) is a Singgedicht (sung poem or Opera in one act by Richard Strauss, his SALOME (pronounced in English using the French sah-loh-may is the Open Source Integration Platform for Numerical Simulation Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pietro Mascagni ( December 7, 1863 &ndash August 2, Hence he was also highly valued as an orchestral director and took on that role particularly for the orchestral works of Felix Draeseke and Strauss. Felix August Bernhard Draeseke ( October 7 1835 &ndash February 26 1913) was a Composer of the "New German School" admiring
Schuch married the coloratura soprano Clementine von Schuch-Proska (Klementine Procházka) (1850-1932). She was an Honorary Member of the Royal Theatre Company. Their daughter Liesel von Schuch sang in Dresden (from 1914) and Vienna.
References
- A. Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924)
- P. Sakolowsky, E. Schuch (1901).
- Gerhard M. Dienes (Ed. ), „mit mir. . . “ Ernst von Schuch (1846–1914). Ein Grazer als Generalmusikdirektor in Dresden. Exhibition Catalogue 1999. (Graz City Museum, Graz 1999), ISBN 3-9007-6420-4
- E. Krause, "Richard Strauss, Ernst von Schuch und Dresden. " In: Blätter der Staatstheater Dresden, 1963/64
- Richard Strauss/Ernst von Schuch: Richard Strauss - Ernst von Schuch. Ein Briefwechsel (An exchange of letters). Edited by Gabriella Hanke Knaus. (= Veröffentlichungen der Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft (Offerings of the Richard Strauss Society); Band 16). (Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1999). ISBN 3-89487-329-9
- Große Kreisstadt Radebeul (Ed. ), Stadtlexikon Radebeul (Historisches Handbuch für die Lößnitz, 2005). ISBN 3-938460-05-9
External links
- Literature of and about Ernst von Schuch in the Catalogue of the German National Library [1]
This article is based on a translation of the article Ernst von Schuch from the German Wikipedia. Ernst Edler von Schuch, born Ernst Gottfried Schuch ( 23 November 1846, Graz &ndash 10 May 1914, Niederlößnitz/ Radebeul
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