Johann Peter Pixis

Johann Peter Pixis ( born February 10, 1788 in Mannheim, † December 22, 1874 in Baden -Baden ) was a German pianist and composer.

Life

Johann Peter Pixis was the son of the Mannheim organist Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis (1755-1805) and brother of the violinist Frederick William Pixis. A first training were the two brothers from the father. Johann Peter Pixis occurred in 1794 for the first time publicly, and was from the age of 9 with his three- year-older brother, in 1797 while on tour. So did the father with his two, then regarded as prodigies sons, concert tours through Germany, Denmark, Russia and Poland.

In Vienna Pixis was in the years 1807 and 1808 a pupil of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and joined, among others, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giacomo Meyerbeer and Franz Schubert in contact. In Vienna he remained, with brief interruptions until 1823, where he had tried in vain to make a career as an opera composer. In 1825 he moved to Paris, where he worked as a pianist esteemed and sought-after chamber musician. At the height of his career, around 1830, Johann Peter Pixis was one of the most successful pianists of his time. In 1840 he settled in Baden -Baden down, pulled largely from the public and taught his adoptive daughter, opera singer Francilla Pixis ( 1816-1845 ) and his nephew Theodore Pixis ( 1831-1856 ).

Pixis wrote music history, precious memories, including about Ludwig van Beethoven.

Works (selection)

Operas

  • Almazinde or the cave sesame ( libretto by Heinrich Schmidt), romantic opera 3 acts ( April 11, 1820 Vienna, Theater an der Wien )
  • The spell (after Carlo Gozzi ) romantic opera Act 2 ( April 25, 1822 ibid.)
  • Bibiana or The chapel in the woods (Louis Lax on a novella by Heinrich Cuno ), romantic opera 3 acts ( October 8, 1829 Aachen ), 1830 Paris, Théâtre Italien; 1830 Prague

Operetta

  • The language of the heart ( Libretto: Johann Peter Lyser ), operetta Act 1 ( January 15, 1836 Berlin)

Instrumental music

  • Concertino for piano and orchestra op.68 (Leipzig, 1826)
  • Piano Concerto in C major, Op 100 (Vienna, 1826)
  • Quatuor pour piano, violon, alto et violoncello, Op 4
  • Quintuor pour le piano -forte, violin, alto, cello et contrebasse op 99
  • Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello, Op 75
  • Second Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello, Op 86
  • Troisième Grand Trio pour piano, violon et Basse, Op 95
  • Quatrième Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello, Op 118
  • Cinquième Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello op.129
  • Sixième Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello, Op 139
  • Septième Grand Trio pour piano, violon et violoncello, Op 147
  • Fantaisie militaire, for Piano and Orchestra, Op 121 (Leipzig, 1833)
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