Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 – 9 October 1881)[1] was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue.
Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's. He later taught in the conservatory of Theodor Kullak (what would soon become the Stern Conservatory) and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung (from 1874 to 1875).[2] One of his notable students was Heinrich Hofmann.[citation needed] See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Richard Wüerst.
Selected works
editOperas
edit- Der Rotmantel (1848 Berlin)
- Vineta (21 December 1862, Bratislava)[3]
- Die Gastspielreise, Dramatisch-musikalischer Scherz en un acte (after Adolf von Winterfeld). Publié à Berlin: Bloch, ca. 1868.
- Faublas, comic opera in three acts, after a Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, libretto by Ernst Wichert (1873 Berlin)
- A-ing-fo-hi, comic opera in three acts, after a story by Anton Giulio Barrili, libretto by Ernst Wichert (28 January 1878, Berlin)
- Die Offiziere der Kaiserin (1878 Berlin)
- Der Stern von Turan
Symphonies
edit- Three symphonies (including opus 21 in F, second symphony opus 54(2?) in D minor and opus 36 in C minor, no. 3)[4][5][6]
- A concerto for violin, op. 37[7]
Instrumental music
editSources
edit- Chrysander, Friedrich and Müller, Joseph. Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung at Google Books. Knuf. Volume 2, 9 Mar. 1864 issue.
- Opera Glass
- Wüerst, Richard Ferdinand; Butler, Maynard, trans. (1893) Elementary Theory of Music, and the Treatment of Chords at Google Books. 5th edition. Boston Music Company.
Notes
edit- ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Wüerst, Richard (Ferdinand)". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1918. ISBN 0028702409.
- ^ Champlin, John Denison; Apthorp, William Foster. (1899) Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians at Google Books. C. Scribner's sons. Volume 3. page 603.
- ^ Review of opera score (pub. by Bote & Bock) in Nov. 4 1863 issue of Neue Berliner musikzeitung at Google Books, vol. 17, beginning p. 353.
- ^ Chrysander and Müller (1864), pp. 172-5.
- ^ "Hofmeisters Monatsberichte". 1852. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ OCLC 57391136.
- ^ Chrysander and Müller (1864), p. 175.
- ^ OCLC 24415614.
- ^ HMB, published Friedländer, 1860
External links
edit- Free scores by Richard Wüerst at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Werke von und über Richard Wüerst in the German National Library catalogue
- Author: Wüerst, Richard. Digitalisierte Werke in der Bayer. Staatsbibliothek
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