Eduard Sobolewski

Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski ( Johann Friedrich Eduard Sobolewski, born October 1, 1808 in Königsberg, † May 17 1872 in St. Louis / Missouri) was an American composer and conductor of Polish descent.

Life

Sobolewski studied in Dresden by Carl Maria von Weber. From 1830 to 1835, he was music director of the Orchestra of the city of Königsberg, then cantor of Altstädtischer church. In 1838 he founded the Philharmonic Society and in 1843 the Musical Academy of Königsberg. From 1847 to 1854 he headed the Königsberg, then the Bremer Theater. In 1859 he emigrated to Milwaukee / Wisconsin, where he led the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society, later he went to St. Louis, where he also conducted the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society founded by him.

Sobolewski composed six operas, several oratorios, several orchestral works, cantatas and songs and worked as a music writer.

" This Sunday I was invited to a ... Opera sample. It is in fact for some time now, ... in Germany 's famous composer, Lord of Sobolewsky here who has written a national American opera: Mohega, the flower of the forest. The material is taken from the struggle for independence, the heroine of an Indian girl Mohega. The old composer, ..., wrote the text itself and also created the music for it, which is now given in the form of an opera on 11 October by our local staff and his daughter, a famous singer. "

Works

  • Imogen, opera, 1832
  • Velleda, opera, 1835
  • Salvator Rosa, opera, 1848
  • The seer of Khorassan, opera, 1850
  • Comala, opera, first performed in 1857
  • Mohega, opera, first performed in 1859
  • Lazarus, oratorio
  • John the Baptist, oratorio
  • Heaven and earth, oratorio
  • The rescuer, oratorio
  • South and North, Symphony

Writings

  • Reactionary Letters, 1854
  • Opera, not drama, 1857
  • Debates about music, 1857
  • The secret of the latest school of music, 1859
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