Adolf von Henselt
Adolph von Henselt (originally George Martin Adolph von tease, born May 9, 1814 Schwabach, † October 10, 1889 in Warmbrunn ) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist of the late Romantic period.
Life
In 1817 the family moved to Munich, where Henselt first receives music lessons. With only three years, he begins to learn violin, five he learns the pianoforte game under the privy Josepha of Flad, like Weber and Meyerbeer was a pupil of Abbe Vogler. 1832 Henselt receives a royal stipend by Ludwig I and completed a six-month study piano with the famous Mozart pupil Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar.
His first official public appearance, which takes place on 29 November 1832 in Munich, learns enthusiastic praise.
Until 1834 Henselt studied composition in Vienna with Simon Sechter (later the teacher of Anton Bruckner ). He stays there for two years and developed his virtuosity and technique further. In 1836 he meets Chopin in Carlsbad. It follows a four-year concert career as a pianist in German and Russian music centers with legendary success. The dizzying height of his technique and soulfulness of his lecture to be praised. Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt are excited about his compositions.
1837 Henselt keeps for several months in Wroclaw. On 24 October 1837 he married in Bad Salzbrunn (Silesia ) the divorced Rosalie Vogel ( b. Manger ), a friend of Goethe.
1838 Adolf Henselt is appointed Imperial Court Pianist of the Tsarina and general music inspector of the imperial daughters boarding schools in Saint Petersburg. From this position, he was the next forty years as a teacher in the music centers of Russia and the Russian piano virtuosity gave substantial impetus. This activity was interrupted by vacation summer travel mainly to Germany (mainly Silesia ). 1876 Henselt is charged into the Russian nobility.
On October 10, 1889 Henselt dies of a heart ailment during a spa stay in Warmbrunn (Silesia ).
According to him, the Adolph von Henselt 's Music School is named in Schwabach.
Works (selection)
- Duo for cello and piano (op. 14)
- Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello (Op. 24)
- Piano Concerto in F minor (Op. 16)