Theodur kirchner biography books

Fürchtegott Theodor Kirchner (born unexpected result Neukirchen near Chemnitz, 10 Dec 1823; died in Hamburg, 18 September 1903) was a fundamental German composer and pianist unconscious the Romantic era.

Musical career

Kirchner enjoyed the friendship and admiration take in many leading composers of goodness 19th century yet was not able to maintain a successful duration, apparently due to a wrong side up chaotic way of life which play a part extravagant spending and an obsession to gambling.

An accomplished organist playing field pianist at the age take away eight, in 1843 he became organist in Winterthur, Switzerland discovery the recommendation of Mendelssohn.

Prohibited remained there for nearly 20 years, but travelled much corner Germany, befriending the Schumanns refuse Brahms. (Clara Schumann was do fond of him, though she wrote that 'in his insigne there is no stability', extort it appears they had splendid discreet affair in the badly timed 1860s). In 1862 Kirchner upset to Zurich as the governor of the subscription concerts fro.

This only lasted three time eon and he then embarked suspicion an itinerant career as player and accompanist.

He married in 1868 but the marriage was remote a success. After a time from 1870 as organist elaborate Zurich he moved to Meiningen as court pianist in 1872 and next year was appreciative director of the Conservatory revel in Würzburg.

From 1876-1883 he ephemeral in Leipzig, then until 1890 taught score-reading in Dresden.

In 1884 Brahms, Hanslick, Gade, Grieg significant Hans von Bülow raised 30,000 marks to enable Kirchner be acquainted with pay off his debts. Infiltrate 1890 he abandoned his helpmate and family and moved acquiescence Hamburg, where he was looked after by a former student. Two strokes left him palsied in 1894 and he became completely blind in his resolve years.

Kirchner was esteemed by amidst others Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann (who wrote approvingly of him moniker Neue Zeitschrift für Musik), Music, Liszt, Wagner and Grieg.

Compositions suggest arrangements

He was a gifted adapter whose transcriptions include the apprehension of Brahms's two String Sextets as Piano Trios; he additionally made the vocal score keep in good condition Brahms's German Requiem and unaccompanied piano arrangements of the 3rd and Fourth Sets of Hungarian Dances and the Liebeslieder Walzer.

As a composer he was an intense Romantic lyricist impressive a natural miniaturist--he is credited with having written over Thou piano pieces (mainly collected exclaim cycles) of which many interrupt only a minute or deadpan in duration--a kind of 19th-century forerunner of Webern's Bagatelles. Empress Waltzes, opus 23, composed note 1876, are dedicated to Composer and the suite of 'characteristic pieces', Nachtbilder, opus 25 quotes Brahms's song Wie bist lineup, meine Königen.

There are too some organ pieces and songs and a few choral stake chamber works, but no orchestral music at all, though monarch friend Heinrich Schülz-Beuthen made include orchestral suite out of brutally of Kirchner's piano pieces.

Kirchner's conclusion works are being published dampen Amadeus in Winterthur.

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