Franz Xaver Gebel

Franz Xaver Gebel (* 1787 in Fuerstenau at Breslau. . † 21 Apriljul / May 3 1843greg in Moscow ) was a German composer, pianist and conductor.

Life

Franz Xaver Gebel was trained in Vienna by Abbé Vogler and Albrechtsberger. Here he was in 1810 Kapellmeister at the Leopold Municipal Theatre. This was followed by employment in Pest and Lemberg. In 1817 he went to Moscow, where he worked as a music teacher, organizer of chamber music concerts, pianist and composer, was very successful. Among his students Nikolai Rubinstein, Feofil Tolstoy (1809-1881), Nikolai Mel'gunov and Alexander Villoing.

Importance

The complete works of Franz Xaver Gebel is only partially explored and the source material quite unclear. He played in the Moscow music scene of the 1830s a significant role, as it was a great connoisseur of the Viennese classical, especially the works of Beethoven. His chamber music concerts attracted a wide audience. 1834 Mikhail Glinka met him know and praised the perfect performance of Gebels string quartets and string quintets. The facture of the Quintette proves melodic gift, a refined craftsmanship, safe handling of tools and a certain preference for the cello, for the Franz Xaver Gebel wrote cantilenas effective.

Works

Vocal music

  • Fair
  • Garmonija mirov ( Harmony of the Worlds ), ( Nikolai Ogarev )
  • Songs (in German texts)
  • Arrangements of Russian folk songs

Stage Works

  • Ash mallets (Joachim perinet ), large travestied opera 3 acts (Vienna, 1812)
  • Rinaldo and Camilla or The Magic Island, great comic opera 3 acts (Vienna, 1812)
  • Diamantino, the knight in the enchanted land or the guardian spirit (Joachim perinet ), magic opera Act 4 (Vienna, 1813)
  • The travestirte Palmyra (Joachim perinet ), great cartoon Opera Act 2 (Vienna, 1813)
  • Alma Sine Princess of Tibet, heroic opera 3 acts (Lviv, 1816)
  • Kolumb ( Columbus ), opera ( 1843 ), unfinished

Instrumental music

  • Orchestral works Fantaisie et rondeau, for Clarinet and Orchestra (Bonn, no year )
  • Overtures
  • 4 symphonies (all lost)
  • Chamber Music Grand Sonata for Cello and Piano (Vienna, 1811)
  • 7 quintets for two violins, viola and violoncello 2, op.20 -26 (Moscow, no date )
  • Double Quintet for 4 violins, 2 viola and cello 4, op.28 (Leipzig / New York, no date )
  • 2 suites for 6 instruments
  • Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano ( without place, no year )
  • Compositions for Guitar Flute
  • String quartets, at least 3
  • 3 Sonatines faciles, op.5 Mainz ( without year)
  • Prelude in C major (Leipzig, no date )
  • Fantaisie et variations in C major, op.16 (Leipzig, no date )
  • Variations sentimental for piano duet (Leipzig, no date )

Writings

  • Guidelines on the musical composition or theory - practical Generalbaßschule ( rukovodstvo sočineniju muzyki ili Teoretiko - praktičeskaja general- bassovaja škola ), written in German, Russian by P. Artemov (Moscow, 1842)
Wrocław Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Pest, Hungary First Viennese School Integrated Authority File
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