Michael Hebenstreit (ca 1812 – after 1875) was an
Austrian
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** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen
* Austrian German dialect
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** Austria-Hungary
** Austria ...
Kapellmeister
( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in i ...
and
composer
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Etymology and def ...
for stage music.
Life
Almost nothing has been handed down about Hebenstreit's life, only a few
scores have survived. He was a successor to
Adolf Müller senior
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The name is a Compound (linguistics), compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwol ...
as Kapellmeister as well as in the field of stage music and often worked together with
Johann Nestroy
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and ...
. His place of activity was the
Leopoldstädter Theater
The Theater in der Leopoldstadt (also: Leopoldstädter Theater) was an opera house in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, founded in 1781 by Karl von Marinelli, following the ''Schauspielfreiheit'' (ending of the court's monopoly on entertainment ...
, which, after being demolished and rebuilt under director
Carl Carl
Karl Andreas Bernbrunn (1787–1854), known by the stage name Carl Carl, was a Kraków-born actor and theatre director.
Bernbrunn was born illegitimately to Maria Anna Alxinger and Karl Andrä Bernbrunn. Maria Anna was the wife of the poet (175 ...
, was renamed the
Carltheater
The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 (at that time called Jägerzeile).
It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had ...
in December 1847, where he worked until his death in 1875.
After the
premiere
A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work.
History
Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the ...
of ' on 17 November 1849, the ''Österreichische Courier'' of 20 November 1849 (No 276, ) wrote rather derogatory about Hebenstreit's music, it would be "mildly marked - mediocre".
Hebenstreit was the discoverer and promoter of the opera singer
Etelka Gerster
Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She studied with Mathilde Marchesi at the Vienna Conservatory, and made her debut at the La Fenice in Venice with great success as Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigo ...
(1855–1920). Since he taught her from 1874 to 1875 at the former Vienna Conservatory, his year of death must be after 1875.
[Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: ''Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert.'' Volume 1: ''A–I.'' Edited by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Saur, Munich 2002, , ().]
Compositions (as far as handed down)
For Johann Nestroy
* ' (1843)
* ' (1847); for the opening of the newly built Carltheater
* ' (1848)
* ' (1848)
* ' (1848)
* ' (1849)
* ' (1849)
* ' (1849)
* ' (1849)
* ' (1850)
* ' (1850)
For other authors
*
Josef Kilian Schickh
Josef Kilian Schickh (7 January 1799 – 22 May 1851) was an Austrian playwright who wrote mainly fairy tales, lokalposse and parodies for the , one of the three . He was the nephew of the journalist Johann Schickh and a contemporary of Johann ...
:
** ''Das Zauber-Diadem oder Abenteuer eines Stubenmädels'' (1836).
*
Wilhelm Turteltaub
Wilhelm Turteltaub (25 March 1816 – after 1859) was an Austrian physician and writer.
Life and achievements
Born in Rzeszów, Turteltaub came from a wealthy Jewish family from Galicia. His father was a doctor in Rzeszów. At the age of nin ...
:
** ''Nur eine löst den Zauberspruch, oder Wer ist glücklich?'' (1841).
*
Friedrich Hopp
Friedrich Ernst Hopp (23 August 1789 – 23 June 1869) was an Austrian actor and writer.
Life
Born in Brünn, Hopp was the son of a factory worker. At first he started a commercial career, worked as a traveling salesman and accountant and was ac ...
:
** ''Doktor Faust's Hauskäppchen oder Die Herberge im Walde'' (ca 1850)
** ''Der Pelzpalatin und der Kachelofen, oder Der Jahrmarkt zu Rautenbrunn'' (1853).
*
Friedrich Kaiser
Friedrich Kaiser (3 April 1814, Biberach - 6 November 1874, Vienna) was an Austrian playwright. During his youth he was one of the most popular people in Vienna. Some of his plays were "Hans Hasenkopf" (1835); "Wer wird Amtmann" (1840), "Palais ...
:
** ''Eine Posse als Medizin'' (1850).
** ''Mönch und Soldat'' (1850).
** ''Dienstbothenwirthschaft, oder Chatoulle und Uhr'' (1852).
** ''Müller und Schiffmeister'' (1853).
External links
* Short biography in
* Werkverzeichnis au
Münchner DigitalisierungsZentrum* Werkverzeichnis auf
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebenstreit, Michael
Austrian Romantic composers
19th-century Austrian composers
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing