Clemens von und zu Franckenstein

Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Freiherr von Bonaventura and Franckenstein ( born June 14, 1875 in Wiesentheid; † August 22, 1942 in the village Heche ) was a German composer and recently general manager of the Royal Bavarian Court and National Theatre.

Life

Franckenstein was the son of Karl Freiherr von Stein and Franck (1831-1898) and Elma Countess of Schönborn- Wiesentheid ( 1841-1884 ). His brother was George of Franckenstein imperial envoy and ambassador in London. He grew up between Vienna and Franconia and was from an early age very musical, sponsored by his musical father also.

Days of childhood friends with Arthur Schnitzler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, he studied with Ludwig Thuille in Munich and later with Iwan Knorr at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main, where he completed friendship with Engelbert Humperdinck and Stefan George, whose poetry he set the first. In 1901 he undertook a tour as a conductor throughout North America, was founded in 1902 in London and opera conductor, in 1907 the appointment as a stage manager at the Wiesbaden Court Theatre, built in 1908 in the Berlin Court Opera. 1912 took over Franckenstein the management of the Munich Court Opera and was general manager from 1914 to 1918. He had once held in 1924-1934 of the reorganized Bavarian State Opera and coined in his tenure, the Munich Opera Festival this position.

Clement of Franckenstein was at its time of well-known opera composer, but remained many people especially as the general manager of the Munich Court Theatre or the Bavarian State Theater ( Bavarian State Opera ) in memory. This office of the director, which he held twice was the only one, namely from 1912 until the collapse of the Bavarian monarchy in 1918 as the last royal general manager, and again from 1924 to 1934, brought him into contact with many then-known personalities of literature and music. He was an intimate friend of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Arthur Schnitzler, often frequented by Richard Strauss, Max Reinhardt and many other artists of the time.

In April 1933 he was one of the signatories of the protest of Richard Wagner City of Munich against Thomas Mann's Sufferings and Greatness of Richard Wagner. Nevertheless, he was in 1934 transferred to Nazi pressure to retire. Since 1935 he was married to the soprano Maria Nežádal. As a committed Catholic Christian and a staunch opponent of the Nazi regime, he died in August 1942 deeply disappointed by the political developments in Germany in artistic exile in Heche village near Munich.

As a composer, who had especially with its 1920, first performed in Hamburg opera The Emperor poet or Li -Tai -Pe recorded a national success, he became known to a wide audience, but also composed songs, chamber music, orchestral works and stage plays.

Works

Operas

  • Griselda. Opera in 3 acts, op 6 ( libretto: Oscar F. Mayer; UA: Opava 1898)
  • Fortunatus. Opera in 3 Acts, Op 16 ( Libretto: Jakob Wassermann; UA: Budapest 1909)
  • Rahab. Opera in 1 act, Op 32 ( Libretto: Oscar F. Mayer; UA: Hamburg 1911)
  • The bee. Pantomime, op 37 ( Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal; UA: Darmstadt 1916)
  • Li -Tai - Pe ( The Emperor's poet ). Opera in 3 Acts, Op 43 ( libretto by Rudolf Lothar; UA: Hamburg 1920)

Orchestral works

  • Symphonic fantasy for orchestra, Op 15
  • Festive Music for Large Orchestra, Op 35
  • Variations on a theme by G. Meyerbeer, Op 45
  • Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op 47 (1926 )
  • Dance Suite
  • Serenade
  • The old song
  • Prelude for Orchestra, Op 50
  • Four Dances for Orchestra, Op 52
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