Michael Hebenstreit (ca 1812 – after 1875) was an
Austrian Kapellmeister
(, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (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 ha ...
and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in va ...
as Kapellmeister as well as in the field of stage music and often worked together with
Johann Nestroy. 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, was renamed the
Carltheater in December 1847, where he worked until his death in 1875.
After the
premiere
A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition.
A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...
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 (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 N ...
:
** ''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 nine ...
:
** ''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:
** ''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
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Austrian Romantic composers
19th-century composers
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing