Karl Anton Eckert

Karl Anton Florian Eckert ( born December 7, 1820 Potsdam, † October 14, 1879 in Berlin) was a German composer.

Life

Early orphaned, was adopted Karl Eckert of the poet Friedrich Christoph Förster. Talked about early 1825 Eckert made ​​as a musical prodigy. Rangers gave him a comprehensive musical education in piano, violin and horn playing among others, Karl Wilhelm Greulich, F. Bötticher and Hubert Ries and composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter, Carl Friedrich and Rungenhagen. Zelter had noticed Eckert and overtook him in 1832 as alto in the Sing-Akademie. Rungenhagen was also thrilled by Eckert and took him as a student, and later Mendelssohn in Leipzig, with whom he finished his studies.

Supported and funded by Zelter Eckert could debut in the fall of 1832 with a solo concert as a pianist. In 1830 he appeared as a composer with the opera " The fishing girls " and 1833 as only 13 -year-old as a conductor with his own oratorio " Ruth " with the Sing-Akademie to the public. Two years later he gave his first concert as a violinist.

The mid-1840s belonged Eckert in Rome, to a circle of artists around Ludwig Landsberg, Eduard Franck and Théodore Gouvy. Later he was appointed as Kapellmeister at the Royal Court Opera, a post which he held until the spring of 1848. During the March Revolution of 1848 Eckert neck left over heels Berlin and emigrated to Amsterdam, then to Brussels.

On the occasion of a concert in Paris learned Eckert 1850, the singer Henriette Sontag, together with her ​​husband, the diplomat familiar with Carlo Rossi. The following year, Eckert Sontag accompanied them on their tour of the USA, where the singer was able to build on their previous successes.

1853 Eckert returned back to Europe. He was conductor at the Theater am Kärntnertor 1853 in Vienna and was its director from 1858 to 1860. Under his leadership, the Erstaufführunge of Wagner's Lohengrin (1858 ) and Tannhäuser (1859 ) were the main events. After that he was Kapellmeister in Stuttgart. William I, King of Prussia, called Eckert 1868 back to the Royal Court Opera in Berlin where he worked as court music director until 1879. He was also from 1875 to 1879 a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin, Department of Music.

In addition to his official duties at the Court Opera Eckert created a little own compositional work and edited several works of earlier musicians. As a close friend of Richard Wagner, it was Eckert's merit to have brought several works of Wagner in Berlin for the premiere.

At the age of 58 years Karl Anton Eckert died in Berlin.

In 1875 ( 10th district ) was named the street after him in Vienna Eckert favorites.

Works (selection)

  • The fisherman's daughter. Singspiel
  • Cathy of Nuremberg
  • The lab technician of the Giant Mountains. opera
  • Charlatan. opera
  • William of Orange. opera
  • Ruth. oratory
  • Judith
  • Six Songs for voice with piano accompaniment. Op 29 Berlin, Bote & Bock, 22 pages
Adolf Dauthage Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen Hofkapelle Stuttgart Felix Otto Dessoff Hans Richter (conductor) Wilhelm Jahn Gustav Mahler Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. Integrated Authority File
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