Heinrich Esser was born in Mannheim. He got musical instruction by Franz Lachner who was court conductor in Mannheim from 1834. Esser followed Lachner to Munich in 1836 and went to Vienna in 1839 in order to complete his studies under Simon Sechter.
In 1840, he had a position as court conductor at the National Theatre Mannheim, but left for his new appointment as a conductor of the singing society in Mainz during the following year. During his time in Mainz, Esser was teacher in music composition of Peter Cornelius. In 1847, Esser became conductor at the Vienna Court Opera which he directed temporarily in 1860/1861. He also became an honorary member of the Vienna Men's Choral Association in 1859 and conducted concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic. In the course of his activities as a consultant for the publisher Franz Schott, Esser got in contact with Richard Wagner in 1859, whose musical works he strongly supported. (He directed the Viennese first performance of Lohengrin in 1858).
In late 1869, Esser retired and moved to Salzburg where he died of tuberculosis in 1872.
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Esser composed operas, five symphonies, two suites for orchestra and a large number of lieder that were largely known at their time. His two best known operas are Thomas Riquiqui oder die politische Heirath (op. 10, Text by Carl Gollmick, first performance in Frankfurt am Main, 1843) and Die zwei Prinzen (op. 15, Text by Carl Gollmick, first performance in Munich, 1845). Furthermore, his Fourth Symphony (in d-minor op. 44, 1853) and Second Suite (in a-minor op.75, 1866)
Heinrich Kábdebo (1877), "Heinrich Esser", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 382
Woess, Margareta (1947), Heinrich Esser. Eine Darstellung seines Lebens und Wirkens als Dirigent unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Beziehung zu Richard Wagner. Dissertation University of Vienna, 3 vols.
heinrich, esser, heinrich, joseph, esser, july, 1818, june, 1872, german, violinist, influential, conductor, composer, 1869, contents, biography, works, external, links, sourcesbiography, edit, born, mannheim, musical, instruction, franz, lachner, court, condu. Heinrich Joseph Esser 15 July 1818 3 June 1872 was a German violinist influential conductor and composer Heinrich Esser 1869 Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 External links 4 SourcesBiography editHeinrich Esser was born in Mannheim He got musical instruction by Franz Lachner who was court conductor in Mannheim from 1834 Esser followed Lachner to Munich in 1836 and went to Vienna in 1839 in order to complete his studies under Simon Sechter In 1840 he had a position as court conductor at the National Theatre Mannheim but left for his new appointment as a conductor of the singing society in Mainz during the following year During his time in Mainz Esser was teacher in music composition of Peter Cornelius In 1847 Esser became conductor at the Vienna Court Opera which he directed temporarily in 1860 1861 He also became an honorary member of the Vienna Men s Choral Association in 1859 and conducted concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic In the course of his activities as a consultant for the publisher Franz Schott Esser got in contact with Richard Wagner in 1859 whose musical works he strongly supported He directed the Viennese first performance of Lohengrin in 1858 In late 1869 Esser retired and moved to Salzburg where he died of tuberculosis in 1872 Works editEsser composed operas five symphonies two suites for orchestra and a large number of lieder that were largely known at their time His two best known operas are Thomas Riquiqui oder die politische Heirath op 10 Text by Carl Gollmick first performance in Frankfurt am Main 1843 and Die zwei Prinzen op 15 Text by Carl Gollmick first performance in Munich 1845 Furthermore his Fourth Symphony in d minor op 44 1853 and Second Suite in a minor op 75 1866 External links editFree scores by Heinrich Esser at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Sources editHeinrich Kabdebo 1877 Heinrich Esser Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German vol 6 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot p 382 Woess Margareta 1947 Heinrich Esser Eine Darstellung seines Lebens und Wirkens als Dirigent unter besonderer Berucksichtigung seiner Beziehung zu Richard Wagner Dissertation University of Vienna 3 vols Esser Heinrich Joseph In Osterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815 1950 OBL Vol 1 Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna 1957 p 268 Mueller Karl Josef 1969 Heinrich Esser als Komponist Dissertation University of Mainz Heinrich Esser at Austrian Music Encyclopedia Online nbsp This article about a German musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heinrich Esser amp oldid 1101222667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
