Franz Wüllner (28 January 1832 – 7 September 1902)[1] was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Wagner's Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi.
Wüllner was born in Münster and studied in his native place, and at Frankfurt, Berlin, Brussels, and Munich. Among his teachers was Anton Schindler, who styled himself Beethoven's amanuensis carrying on the true traditions of the master's style, a claim disputed by Beethoven's pupil Carl Czerny.
In 1856, Wüllner became instructor in piano at the Munich Conservatory. He held the position of town musical director at Aix-la-Chapelle from 1858 to 1864. In 1867, he became director of the choral classes in the reorganized School of Music at Munich and wrote for them Chorübungen der Münchener Musikschule, text of score reading and singing (Solfege).[2]
He succeeded the temperamental Bülow in 1869 as conductor of the Court Opera and the Academy Courts. Here he conducted the first performances of Rheingold and Walküre (1869, 1870) before the production of the entire Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival of 1876. It is for these renditions that he is usually remembered now.
Among his works are: Heinrich der Finkler, a cantata for solo, male chorus, and orchestra; additional recitatives to Weber's Oberon, accepted by many of Germany's principal theatres; a setting of Psalm 125, for chorus and orchestra; a setting of Psalm 51 (Miserere) for double choir; and a Stabat Mater for double choir; besides masses, motets, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces.
Wüllner was one of the editors of the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe, the first complete edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Recordingedit
There is a recording fragment in the Thomas Edison National Historical Park archive from 1890 featuring Wüllner at the piano accompanying the singer Karl Mayer in Schubert's 'Wohin?'. This makes Wüllner the earliest-born person whose piano playing has been recorded acoustically (Saint-Saëns is usually credited with that, although he was born 3 years after Wüllner, and Carl Reinecke (1824–1910) left some piano rolls and not acoustic recordings). Unfortunately, the recording quality of the Wüllner cylinder is now so degraded that almost nothing can be discerned about the piano playing at all.
Referencesedit
^Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Wüllner, Franz". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1919. ISBN0-02-870240-9.
Theo Wangemann’s 1889–1890 European Recordings nps.gov
April 18, 2024
franz, wüllner, january, 1832, september, 1902, german, composer, conductor, premieres, wagner, rheingold, walküre, much, criticized, wagner, himself, greatly, preferred, more, celebrated, conductors, hans, bülow, hermann, levi, born, 1832, january, 1832münste. Franz Wullner 28 January 1832 7 September 1902 1 was a German composer and conductor He led the premieres of Wagner s Das Rheingold and Die Walkure but was much criticized by Wagner himself who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bulow and Hermann Levi Franz WullnerBorn 1832 01 28 28 January 1832MunsterDied7 September 1902 1902 09 07 aged 70 BraunfelsOccupationsPianist Conductor Composer Conservatory directorOrganizationsMunich Conservatory Munich Court Opera Cologne ConservatoryChildrenLudwig Wullner Contents 1 Biography 2 Recording 3 References 4 External linksBiography editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Franz Wullner news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wullner was born in Munster and studied in his native place and at Frankfurt Berlin Brussels and Munich Among his teachers was Anton Schindler who styled himself Beethoven s amanuensis carrying on the true traditions of the master s style a claim disputed by Beethoven s pupil Carl Czerny In 1856 Wullner became instructor in piano at the Munich Conservatory He held the position of town musical director at Aix la Chapelle from 1858 to 1864 In 1867 he became director of the choral classes in the reorganized School of Music at Munich and wrote for them Chorubungen der Munchener Musikschule text of score reading and singing Solfege 2 He succeeded the temperamental Bulow in 1869 as conductor of the Court Opera and the Academy Courts Here he conducted the first performances of Rheingold and Walkure 1869 1870 before the production of the entire Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival of 1876 It is for these renditions that he is usually remembered now He became court kapellmeister at Dresden and artistic director of the conservatory in 1877 and director of the Cologne Conservatory and conductor of the Gurzenich concerts in 1884 After 1864 he appeared frequently as conductor of the Lower Rhenish Music Festival 2 He died in Braunfels Among his notable pupils were Volkmar Andreae Fritz Brun Lothar Kempter Bruno Klein Jan van Gilse Hans von Koessler Karl Aagard Ostvig Ernst von Schuch and the conductor Willem Mengelberg See List of music students by teacher T to Z Franz Wullner Mengelberg controversially claimed that his teacher s ties with Schindler gave Mengelberg a direct connection with Beethoven performance tradition Among his works are Heinrich der Finkler a cantata for solo male chorus and orchestra additional recitatives to Weber s Oberon accepted by many of Germany s principal theatres a setting of Psalm 125 for chorus and orchestra a setting of Psalm 51 Miserere for double choir and a Stabat Mater for double choir besides masses motets songs chamber music and piano pieces Wullner was one of the editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe the first complete edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach Recording editThere is a recording fragment in the Thomas Edison National Historical Park archive from 1890 featuring Wullner at the piano accompanying the singer Karl Mayer in Schubert s Wohin This makes Wullner the earliest born person whose piano playing has been recorded acoustically Saint Saens is usually credited with that although he was born 3 years after Wullner and Carl Reinecke 1824 1910 left some piano rolls and not acoustic recordings Unfortunately the recording quality of the Wullner cylinder is now so degraded that almost nothing can be discerned about the piano playing at all References edit Slonimsky Nicolas 1978 Wullner Franz Baker s Biographical dictionary of musicians 6th ed New York Schirmer Books p 1919 ISBN 0 02 870240 9 a b New International EncyclopediaExternal links editFree scores by Franz Wullner at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Theo Wangemann s 1889 1890 European Recordings nps gov Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Franz Wullner amp oldid 1169310237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
