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Adolf von Henselt

January 01, 1970

Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt (9 May 1814 – 10 October 1889) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist.

Portrait of Adolf von Henselt, with scrap of music
Portrait of Adolf Henselt, composer (1814-1889), before 1889. Archivio Storico Ricordi.
Original Church Record showing Henselt's birth as 9 May 1814

Life edit

Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria. At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Josephe von Flad (1778–1843), who had trained in composition with Franz Danzi, Abbé (George Joseph) Vogler, Joseph Graetz and studied piano with Franz Lauska (who later coached Meyerbeer, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn). His concert debut was at the Odeon in Munich, where he played the opening Allegro to one of Mozart's C major concertos, a free fantasy with variations on a theme from Weber's Der Freischütz, and a rondo by Kalkbrenner. It was through Flad's influence with King Ludwig I of Bavaria that Henselt was provided the financial means to undertake further study with Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar in 1832 for some months. Later that year, he went to Vienna, where, besides studying composition under Simon Sechter (the later teacher of Anton Bruckner), he was successful as a concert pianist.[1]

In 1836, to improve his health, he made a prolonged tour through the chief German towns. In 1837, he settled at Breslau, where he had married Rosalie Vogel—but the following year migrated to Saint Petersburg, where previous visits made him welcome. He became court pianist and inspector of musical studies in the Imperial Institute of Female Education, and was ennobled in 1876. Henselt usually spent summer holidays in Germany. In 1852, and again in 1867, he visited England, though in the latter year he made no public appearance.[1] Saint Petersburg was his home nearly until his death from cardiac disease during a stay at Warmbrunn, Germany (now in Poland).

 
Statue of Henselt in his hometown of Schwabach

To some ears, Henselt's playing combined Franz Liszt's sonority with Hummel's smoothness. It was full of poetry, remarkable for his use of extended chords and technique.[1] His cantabile playing was highly regarded. "Find out the secret of Henselt's hands," Liszt told his pupils.[2] Once he commented on the lengths Henselt took to achieve his famous legato, saying, "I could have had velvet paws like that if I had wanted to." Henselt's influence on the next generation of Russian pianists was immense. Henselt's playing and teaching greatly influenced the Russian school of music, developing from seeds planted by John Field. Sergei Rachmaninoff held him in very great esteem, and considered him one of his most important influences.

He excelled in his own works and in those of Carl Maria von Weber and Frédéric Chopin. His Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 16[3] was once frequently played in Europe, and of his many valuable studies, the Étude in F-sharp major Si oiseau j'étais, was very popular. At one time Henselt was second to Anton Rubinstein in the direction of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.[1]

Despite his relatively long life, Henselt ceased nearly all composition by the age of thirty, for reasons that are unclear. Chronic stage fright, bordering on paranoia, caused him to withdraw from concert appearances by age thirty-three.

Works edit

Piano solo edit

(selective list)

  • Variations on ‘Io son' ricco’ from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Op. 1 (1830)
  • Rondo Serioso in D minor, Op. 1b
  • Douze Études caractéristiques, Op. 2 (1837–1838)
    1. in D minor, "Orage, tu ne saurais abbattre"
    2. in D-flat major, "Pensez un peu à moi"
    3. in B minor, "Exauce mes voeux"
    4. in B-flat major, "Repos d'amour"
    5. in C-sharp minor, "Vie orageuse"
    6. in F-sharp major, "Si oiseau j'etais"
    7. in D major, "C'est la jeunesse..."
    8. in E minor, "Tu m'attires, m'entraines"
    9. in F major, "Jeunesse d'amour, plaisir céleste"
    10. in E minor, "Comme le ruisseau dans la mer repand"
    11. in E-flat major, "Dors tu ma vie"
    12. in B-flat minor, "Plein de soupirs, de souvenirs"
  • Poème d'amour, Op. 3 (1838)
  • Rhapsodie in F minor, Op. 4 (1838). Originally published as "Erinnerung und Freundschaft" Op. 4, No. 1. See Op. 51.
  • Douze Études de salon, Op. 5 (1838)
    1. in E-flat major, "Eroica"
    2. in G major
    3. in A minor, "Hexentanz"
    4. in E major, "Ave Maria"
    5. in F-sharp minor, "Verlorene Heimath"
    6. in A-flat major, "Danklied nach Sturm"
    7. in C major, "Elfenreigen"
    8. in G minor, "Romanze mit Chor-Refrain"
    9. in A major
    10. in F minor, "Entschwundenes Glück"
    11. in B major, "Liebeslied"
    12. in G-sharp minor, "Nächtlicher Geisterzug"
  • Deux Nocturnes, Op. 6
    1. in G-flat major, "Schmerz im Glück" (1839)
    2. in F major, "La Fontaine" (1839)
  • Impromptu in C minor, Op. 7 (1838)
  • Pensée fugitive in F minor, Op. 8 (1839)
  • Scherzo in B minor, Op. 9 (1839)
  • Romance in B-flat minor, Op. 10 (1840)
  • Variations on a Theme by Meyerbeer, Op. 11 (1840)
    • Introduction
    • Variation I
    • Variation II
    • Variation III
    • Variation IV
    • Variation V
    • Finale
  • Concert Etudes, Op. 13
    1. , "Air russe de Noroff" (1840–1841)
    2. in G-flat major, "La Gondola" (1841)
    3. "Cavatine de Glinka"
    4. "Barcarolle de Glinka"
    5. in D-flat major, "Air de Balfe" (1846)
    6. , "Mazurka et polka" (1846)
    7. "Rakoczy-Marche" (1843)
    8. "Marche, dédiée à S.M. l'Empereur Nicholas I"
    9. "Polka" (1850)
    10. "Romance russe de S. Tanéef"
  • Frühlingslied, Op. 15 (1843)
  • Fantaisie sur un air bohemien-russe, Op. 16 (1843)
  • Impromptu No. 1, WoO
  • Impromptu No. 2, Op. 17 (1843)
  • Vier Romanzen, Op. 18
    1. in E-flat major (1847–1848)
    2. in B-flat minor, "Der Dombau" (1848)
    3. in B-flat major (1843?)
    4. in C-sharp minor (1843?)
  • Arrangements of 12 numbers from Weber's operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon, Op. 19
  • "Pressentiment" for piano, Romance Michel Wielhorsky, Op. 20 (1850)
  • Deux Romances russes de Soumarokoff, Op. 22 (1850)
    1. in D minor
    2. in A major
  • Marche funèbre in G minor, Op. 23 (1850)
  • Toccatina in E-flat major, Op. 25 (1850)
  • "Das ferne Land", Romanze für Solo-Klavier, Op. 26b (1843)
  • Nocturne in A-flat major, Op. 27. Transcription of Romance de R. Thal (1843)
  • Deux petites valses, Op. 28
    1. in F major (1854)
    2. in C major (1854)
  • Sophie-polka, Op. 29
  • Cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (Op. 37), Op. 29b (1854)
  • Grande valse – L'aurore boréale, Op. 30 (1854)
  • Ballade in B-flat major, Op. 31 (original version 1854, second version 1854, third revision 1879?)
  • Nocturne in A-flat major, Op. 32 (1854)
  • Chant sans paroles in B minor, Op. 33 (1850?)
  • Romance russe, transcription of song by Dargomyzhsky, Op. 33b (sometimes referred to as Romance No. 6) (1856)
  • Impromptu No. 3 in B-flat minor, Op. 34 (1854–1855)
  • Marche du couronnement d'Alexandre II, Op. 35. In G major (1855)
  • Valse mélancolique in D minor, Op. 36 (1857?)
  • Impromptu No. 4 in B minor, Op. 37 (1859)
  • Morgenständchen in D-flat major, Op. 39 (1866–1867)
  • Deux Romances russes, Op. 40a
    1. No. 1, Compte Koucheleff-Besborodko. See Op. 49.
    2. No. 2, Prince Kotschoubey
  • Duo pour le chant, Op. 40b
    • No. 2, "Der Abendstern" (1868–1869)
  • Etude de J.B. Cramer, Op. 41
  • Air bohémien, Op. 42
  • "Mi manca la voce", Op. 43
  • Five transcriptions of overtures (Beethoven and Weber), Op. 44
  • Wiegenlied in G-flat major, Op. 45 (1840)
  • Invitation à la danse de C.M. Weber, Op. 47
  • Polacca brillante de C.M. Weber, Op. 48
  • Romance du Compte G. Koucheleff-Besborodko, Op. 49. See Op. 40a.
  • Duo pour le chant, transcrit pour le piano, Op. 50
  • Souvenir de Varsovie, A-flat major, Op. 51 (1838). Originally published as Op. 4 No. 2.
  • "Bozhe, Tsarya khrani", WoO. Transcription of the Russian national hymn.
  • Canon pour piano à quatre mains, WoO
  • Chant du printemps, WoO (1833)
  • Etude in A minor, WoO (1876)
  • Fantasiestück in C minor, manuscript
  • "Feuillet d'Album", WoO (about 1870)
  • Hymn für Prinz Pyotr Oldenburg (1882)
  • "L'Innocence", WoO
  • Meister-Studien für Klavier (published in 1892)
  • Mon Chant du cynge, WoO (published in 1885)
  • Morgenlied von Uhland, WoO (1876)
  • Petite Romance in B-flat minor, WoO
  • Petite Pièce, WoO
  • Petite Valse in F major, WoO
  • Poème d'amour - Andante et Allegro concertante, WoO, in B major
  • Polka brilliante in D minor, WoO
  • Polka favorite, WoO
  • Preambules in all the keys, WoO (published in 1884)
  • Preparatory exercises, WoO (published in 1894)
    • Set 1 (1854–1855)
    • Set 2 (1881)
  • Romance in C minor, WoO (1838)
  • Deux romances du Compte Michel Wielhorsky, WoO (1840)
  • Romance in D-flat major, WoO
  • Rondoletto, WoO (written 1832, published 1865)
  • Six Themes avec Variations de N. Paganini, WoO (1830)
  • Vasa-marche, WoO

Orchestral edit

  • Variations on Quand je quittai la Normandie from Meyerbeer's Robert le diable, Op. 11 (1840)
  • Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 16 (1847)

Chamber edit

  • Duo, Op. 14, for cello and piano (1842)
  • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24 (1851)

Vocal edit

  • "Der Dumbau" für vierstimmigen Acappella-Chor (1840)
  • "Das ferne Land", Romanze für Singstimme und Klavier (1843)
  • "Die Nacht im Walde", song, Op. 52
  • Five Lieder
    1. "Morgenlied"
    2. "Pakitas Klage"
    3. "Die Auswanderer"
    4. "Liebesfahrt"
    5. "Stumme Liebe"

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Henselt, Adolf von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 302.
  2. ^ Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present, 1963, p. 201
  3. ^ Referred to as "Henselt's F-minor exercise in narcissism" by Glenn Gould in: Tim Page (ed.), The Glenn Gould Reader (Knopf, New York 1984), 74.

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Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt 9 May 1814 10 October 1889 was a German composer and virtuoso pianist Portrait of Adolf von Henselt with scrap of music Portrait of Adolf Henselt composer 1814 1889 before 1889 Archivio Storico Ricordi Original Church Record showing Henselt s birth as 9 May 1814 Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2 1 Piano solo 2 2 Orchestral 2 3 Chamber 2 4 Vocal 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksLife editHenselt was born at Schwabach in Bavaria At the age of three he began to learn the violin and at five the piano under Josephe von Flad 1778 1843 who had trained in composition with Franz Danzi Abbe George Joseph Vogler Joseph Graetz and studied piano with Franz Lauska who later coached Meyerbeer Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn His concert debut was at the Odeon in Munich where he played the opening Allegro to one of Mozart s C major concertos a free fantasy with variations on a theme from Weber s Der Freischutz and a rondo by Kalkbrenner It was through Flad s influence with King Ludwig I of Bavaria that Henselt was provided the financial means to undertake further study with Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar in 1832 for some months Later that year he went to Vienna where besides studying composition under Simon Sechter the later teacher of Anton Bruckner he was successful as a concert pianist 1 In 1836 to improve his health he made a prolonged tour through the chief German towns In 1837 he settled at Breslau where he had married Rosalie Vogel but the following year migrated to Saint Petersburg where previous visits made him welcome He became court pianist and inspector of musical studies in the Imperial Institute of Female Education and was ennobled in 1876 Henselt usually spent summer holidays in Germany In 1852 and again in 1867 he visited England though in the latter year he made no public appearance 1 Saint Petersburg was his home nearly until his death from cardiac disease during a stay at Warmbrunn Germany now in Poland nbsp Statue of Henselt in his hometown of Schwabach To some ears Henselt s playing combined Franz Liszt s sonority with Hummel s smoothness It was full of poetry remarkable for his use of extended chords and technique 1 His cantabile playing was highly regarded Find out the secret of Henselt s hands Liszt told his pupils 2 Once he commented on the lengths Henselt took to achieve his famous legato saying I could have had velvet paws like that if I had wanted to Henselt s influence on the next generation of Russian pianists was immense Henselt s playing and teaching greatly influenced the Russian school of music developing from seeds planted by John Field Sergei Rachmaninoff held him in very great esteem and considered him one of his most important influences He excelled in his own works and in those of Carl Maria von Weber and Frederic Chopin His Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16 3 was once frequently played in Europe and of his many valuable studies the Etude in F sharp major Si oiseau j etais was very popular At one time Henselt was second to Anton Rubinstein in the direction of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory 1 Despite his relatively long life Henselt ceased nearly all composition by the age of thirty for reasons that are unclear Chronic stage fright bordering on paranoia caused him to withdraw from concert appearances by age thirty three Works editPiano solo edit selective list Variations on Io son ricco from Donizetti s L elisir d amore Op 1 1830 Rondo Serioso in D minor Op 1b Douze Etudes caracteristiques Op 2 1837 1838 in D minor Orage tu ne saurais abbattre in D flat major Pensez un peu a moi in B minor Exauce mes voeux in B flat major Repos d amour in C sharp minor Vie orageuse in F sharp major Si oiseau j etais in D major C est la jeunesse in E minor Tu m attires m entraines in F major Jeunesse d amour plaisir celeste in E minor Comme le ruisseau dans la mer repand in E flat major Dors tu ma vie in B flat minor Plein de soupirs de souvenirs Poeme d amour Op 3 1838 Rhapsodie in F minor Op 4 1838 Originally published as Erinnerung und Freundschaft Op 4 No 1 See Op 51 Douze Etudes de salon Op 5 1838 in E flat major Eroica in G major in A minor Hexentanz in E major Ave Maria in F sharp minor Verlorene Heimath in A flat major Danklied nach Sturm in C major Elfenreigen in G minor Romanze mit Chor Refrain in A major in F minor Entschwundenes Gluck in B major Liebeslied in G sharp minor Nachtlicher Geisterzug Deux Nocturnes Op 6 in G flat major Schmerz im Gluck 1839 in F major La Fontaine 1839 Impromptu in C minor Op 7 1838 Pensee fugitive in F minor Op 8 1839 Scherzo in B minor Op 9 1839 Romance in B flat minor Op 10 1840 Variations on a Theme by Meyerbeer Op 11 1840 Introduction Variation I Variation II Variation III Variation IV Variation V Finale Concert Etudes Op 13 Air russe de Noroff 1840 1841 in G flat major La Gondola 1841 Cavatine de Glinka Barcarolle de Glinka in D flat major Air de Balfe 1846 Mazurka et polka 1846 Rakoczy Marche 1843 Marche dediee a S M l Empereur Nicholas I Polka 1850 Romance russe de S Taneef Fruhlingslied Op 15 1843 Fantaisie sur un air bohemien russe Op 16 1843 Impromptu No 1 WoO Impromptu No 2 Op 17 1843 Vier Romanzen Op 18 in E flat major 1847 1848 in B flat minor Der Dombau 1848 in B flat major 1843 in C sharp minor 1843 Arrangements of 12 numbers from Weber s operas Der Freischutz Euryanthe and Oberon Op 19 Pressentiment for piano Romance Michel Wielhorsky Op 20 1850 Deux Romances russes de Soumarokoff Op 22 1850 in D minor in A major Marche funebre in G minor Op 23 1850 Toccatina in E flat major Op 25 1850 Das ferne Land Romanze fur Solo Klavier Op 26b 1843 Nocturne in A flat major Op 27 Transcription of Romance de R Thal 1843 Deux petites valses Op 28 in F major 1854 in C major 1854 Sophie polka Op 29 Cadenza for Beethoven s Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 Op 29b 1854 Grande valse L aurore boreale Op 30 1854 Ballade in B flat major Op 31 original version 1854 second version 1854 third revision 1879 Nocturne in A flat major Op 32 1854 Chant sans paroles in B minor Op 33 1850 Romance russe transcription of song by Dargomyzhsky Op 33b sometimes referred to as Romance No 6 1856 Impromptu No 3 in B flat minor Op 34 1854 1855 Marche du couronnement d Alexandre II Op 35 In G major 1855 Valse melancolique in D minor Op 36 1857 Impromptu No 4 in B minor Op 37 1859 Morgenstandchen in D flat major Op 39 1866 1867 Deux Romances russes Op 40a No 1 Compte Koucheleff Besborodko See Op 49 No 2 Prince Kotschoubey Duo pour le chant Op 40b No 2 Der Abendstern 1868 1869 Etude de J B Cramer Op 41 Air bohemien Op 42 Mi manca la voce Op 43 Five transcriptions of overtures Beethoven and Weber Op 44 Transcription of Beethoven s Coriolan Overture Op 62 Transcription of Beethoven s Egmont Overture Op 84 Transcription of Romance by O K Klemm Transcription of a Waltz by Johann Strauss Transcription of Weber s Invitation to the Dance Transcription of Weber s Overture to Euryanthe Transcription of Weber s Overture to Oberon Transcription of Weber s Polacca Op 72 Wiegenlied in G flat major Op 45 1840 Invitation a la danse de C M Weber Op 47 Polacca brillante de C M Weber Op 48 Romance du Compte G Koucheleff Besborodko Op 49 See Op 40a Duo pour le chant transcrit pour le piano Op 50 Souvenir de Varsovie A flat major Op 51 1838 Originally published as Op 4 No 2 Bozhe Tsarya khrani WoO Transcription of the Russian national hymn Canon pour piano a quatre mains WoO Chant du printemps WoO 1833 Etude in A minor WoO 1876 Fantasiestuck in C minor manuscript Feuillet d Album WoO about 1870 Hymn fur Prinz Pyotr Oldenburg 1882 L Innocence WoO Meister Studien fur Klavier published in 1892 Mon Chant du cynge WoO published in 1885 Morgenlied von Uhland WoO 1876 Petite Romance in B flat minor WoO Petite Piece WoO Petite Valse in F major WoO Poeme d amour Andante et Allegro concertante WoO in B major Polka brilliante in D minor WoO Polka favorite WoO Preambules in all the keys WoO published in 1884 Preparatory exercises WoO published in 1894 Set 1 1854 1855 Set 2 1881 Romance in C minor WoO 1838 Deux romances du Compte Michel Wielhorsky WoO 1840 Romance in D flat major WoO Rondoletto WoO written 1832 published 1865 Six Themes avec Variations de N Paganini WoO 1830 Vasa marche WoO Orchestral edit Variations on Quand je quittai la Normandie from Meyerbeer s Robert le diable Op 11 1840 Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16 1847 Chamber edit Duo Op 14 for cello and piano 1842 Piano Trio in A minor Op 24 1851 Vocal edit Der Dumbau fur vierstimmigen Acappella Chor 1840 Das ferne Land Romanze fur Singstimme und Klavier 1843 Die Nacht im Walde song Op 52 Five Lieder Morgenlied Pakitas Klage Die Auswanderer Liebesfahrt Stumme Liebe Notes editThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message a b c d nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Henselt Adolf von Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 13 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 302 Harold C Schonberg The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present 1963 p 201 Referred to as Henselt s F minor exercise in narcissism by Glenn Gould in Tim Page ed The Glenn Gould Reader Knopf New York 1984 74 References editList of works taken from the article on Henselt by Richard Beattie Davis on Grove Music Online Edition I M E Bonn Germany 2002 ISBN 3 89564 106 5 http www studiopunktverlag de Natalia Keil Zenzerova Adolph von Henselt Ein Leben fur die Klavierpadagogik in Russland Frankfurt 2007 ISBN 3 631 53925 8 http www peterlang de In German amp Russian Hyperion records CDA67495 Etudes op 2 amp op 5 Piers Lane pianist Liner notes by Richard Beattie Davis External links editHenselt Museum Archived 2014 05 08 at the Wayback Machine German Downloadable recordings of Henselt s works in MP3 format Piano Trio in A minor Op 24 Sound bites and short bio sketch Free scores by Adolf von Henselt at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP International Henselt Society http www henseltsociety org Richard Beattie Davis Henselt Adolph von in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians second edition 27 volumes London MacMillan 2000 ISBN 978 0 19 517067 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adolf von Henselt amp oldid 1225971277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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