Ignaz Holzbauer

Ignaz Jacob Wood Bauer ( baptized September 18, 1711 in Vienna, † April 7, 1783 in Mannheim, Germany) was an Austrian composer.

Family

From 1737 Wood Bauer ( † 1785), was married to the originating from Olomouc opera singer Rosalie Andreides.

Profession

Wooden building was until 1747 director of music in his hometown of Vienna, then he stayed a long time in Italy. 1750 he became Kapellmeister in Stuttgart, 1753 in Mannheim. Under his leadership, the Mannheim court orchestra became one of Europe's best and most famous orchestras, and Mannheim with the Mannheim School, a circle of musicians, an important center of early classical.

Works

As a composer Wooden building was extremely productive. Measurable is more than 200 symphonies for orchestra, of which 21 in Paris, several others were printed in Leipzig. In addition, he created 18 string quartets, 13 concertos for various instruments, two oratorios, 26 fairs ( including a German ), 37 cantatas and other sacred music pieces. He also wrote 15 Italian " Dramme per musica " ( opera ).

Particular He caused a sensation XXI over the counter King Gunther with his German opera Günther von Schwarzburg. of Schwarzburg. Eleven months after the premiere on January 5, 1777 in Mannheim wrote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

" The Musick of Wooden building is very nice. [ ... ] Most surprised that such an old man like wood farmer, yet so Viell has spirit; because that is not to believe what is in the Musick for feüer. "

Operas

  • Lucio Papirio ( dramma per musica libretto by Apostolo Zeno, 1737, Holle show)
  • Sesostri, re d' Egitto ( dramma per musica libretto by Zeno, 1738, Holle show)
  • Vologeso ( dramma per musica libretto by Zeno, 1739, Holle show)
  • Hypermnestra ( teutsche Opera, libretto by Johann Leopold van Ghelen, 1741, Vienna)
  • La fata meravigliosa ( dramma per musica giocoso, 1748, Vienna)
  • Il figlio delle selve ( favola pastoral per musica libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, 1753, Schwetzingen )
  • L' isola disabitata ( azione per musica libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1754, Schwetzingen )
  • L' Isspile ( dramma per musica libretto by Metastasio, 1754, Mannheim)
  • Il Don Quixote (opera semiridicola, libretto by Zeno, 1755, Schwetzingen )
  • I cinesi ( componimento drammatico per musica libretto by Metastasio and Mattia Verazi, 1756, Schwetzingen )
  • Le nozze d' Arianna ( festa teatrale per musica libretto by Verazi, 1756, Schwetzingen )
  • La Clemenza di Tito ( dramma per musica libretto by Metastasio and Verazi, 1757, Mannheim)
  • Nitteti
  • Alessandro nell'Indie ( dramma per musica libretto by Metastasio, 1759, Milan)
  • Ippolito ed Aricia ( dramma per musica libretto by Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni and Verazi, 1759, Mannheim)
  • Adriano in Siria ( dramma per musica libretto by Metastasio, 1768, Mannheim)
  • Günther von Schwarzburg ( Singspiel libretto by Anton Klein, 1777, Mannheim)
  • La morte di Didone (revised as death of Dido ) ( opera seria and Singspiel, to a libretto by Metastasio, 1779, Mannheim)
  • Tancredi ( dramma per musica, 1783, Munich)
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