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Rudolf Bial (26 August 1834 – 23 November 1881) was a German
Bial, Rudolf
on ' * Ewald Oswald Röder: ''Geborene Schlesier''
Tonkünstlerlexikon)
1846/47
Rudolf Bial
digitalisierte Publikationen in der UB Frankfurt
Rudolf Bial's Compositions
- NYPL Digital Collections
- Libretto Portal der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek {{DEFAULTSORT:Bial, Rudolf 19th-century German composers Composers from the Kingdom of Prussia German Romantic composers German classical violinists German male classical violinists German theatre directors 1834 births 1881 deaths People from Bystrzyca Kłodzka 19th-century German male musicians 19th-century musicians
Rudolf Bial (26 August 1834 – 23 November 1881) was a German violin
The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
ist, 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 def ...
, conductor and theater director.
Life
Born in Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Province of Silesia, Bial received his musical education in Breslau, where he was employed at the age of 15 as the first violinist in the chapel of the local municipal theatre. He wasKapellmeister
( , , ), 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 ...
in Lübeck from 1854 to 1856, then made a concert tour to Australia as a violin virtuoso together with his brother Karl, became Kapellmeister in 1864 at August Conradi's place at Wallner-Theater in Berlin and from 1876 to 1879 was the director of the Krollschen Theater, whose repertoire he refined by cultivating German and Italian operas. In the latter year he moved to New York. There he led a concert band and died at the age of 47.
His brother Karl Bial (1833-1892) worked as a piano virtuoso, composer and music teacher in Berlin. He left behind several pieces for piano and songs.Ewald Oswald Röder: ''Geborene Schlesier'' (''Schlesisches Tonkünstlerlexikon''), 1846/47
Work
Among Rudolf Bial's partly popular compositions (in total 130 numbers) hisoperetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...
''Der Herr von Papillon'' (1868) had the greatest success.
* 1872: ''Die Mottenburger'', burlesque with music
* 1874: ''Mein Leopold'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts), 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 ...
28 September 1874
* 1875: ''Der Liebesring'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts), premiere 4 December 1875, Berlin, Städtisches Friedrich-Wilhelm Theater
* 1876: ''Der Registrator auf Reisen'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts), premiere 12 February 1876
* ???: ''Ehrliche Arbeit'', burlesque with music (singing burlesque in three acts)
* ???: ''Von Stufe zu Stufe'', burlesque with music
* ???: ''Hopfenraths Erben'', burlesque with music
* ???: ''Comtesse Helene'', burlesque in three acts
Marches:
* ''Donato-March for Pianoforte'', 1865
* ''Kladderadatsch-Jubiläums-March'', 1866, on the occasion of the celebration of the publication of the thousandth issue of the political satirical weekly '' Kladderadatsch''
References
Further reading
*Bial, Rudolf
on ' * Ewald Oswald Röder: ''Geborene Schlesier''
Tonkünstlerlexikon)
1846/47
External links
* * *Rudolf Bial
digitalisierte Publikationen in der UB Frankfurt
Rudolf Bial's Compositions
- NYPL Digital Collections
- Libretto Portal der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek {{DEFAULTSORT:Bial, Rudolf 19th-century German composers Composers from the Kingdom of Prussia German Romantic composers German classical violinists German male classical violinists German theatre directors 1834 births 1881 deaths People from Bystrzyca Kłodzka 19th-century German male musicians 19th-century musicians