Johann Joseph Abert
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Johann Joseph Abert (September 20, 1832, Kochowitz, Bohemia, now Kochovice, Hoštka, Czech Republic – April 1, 1915, Stuttgart) was a German composer. An ethnic German from the Sudetenland, he is also known by his Czech name Jan Josef Abert.
Abert studied double bass at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Hrabě and also received lessons in theory from Johann Friedrich Kittl and August Wilhelm Ambros. In 1853, Peter Josef von Lindpaintner selected him as a double bassist for the Court Orchestra at Stuttgart, the royal capital of Württemberg. He became the Court Kapellmeister in 1867 and remained in this office, previously occupied by Lindpainter, Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, and Carl Anton Eckerts, until 1888.
Abert composed chamber music and lieder, as well as several successful operas. Of his seven symphonies, the most outstanding were the Frühlingssinfonie (Spring Symphony) in C, the program symphony Columbus, and the symphony in C minor. The Württembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart and the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach currently share responsibility for the preservation of his manuscripts and other personal papers.
[edit] Operas
- Anna von Landskron, libretto by Christian Gottfried Nehrlich, premiered 1858, Stuttgart
- König Enzio, libretto by Friedrich Albert Bernhard Dulk, premiered 1862, Stuttgart
- Astorga, libretto by Ernst Pasqué, premiered 1866, Stuttgart
- Enzio von Hohenstaufen, premiered 1875, Stuttgart
- Ekkehard, based on the novel by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel about Ekkehard von St. Gallen, premiered 1878, Hofoper Berlin
[edit] References
- Hermann Abert. Johann Joseph Abert (1832–1915): sein Leben und seine Werke. 2. verb. u. erw. Aufl., Nachdr. d. Ausg. Leipzig. Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, 1983. (Beiträge zur Musikgeschichte der Sudetendeutschen, Band 1).
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