In 1851, Hellmesberger became violin professor at the Vienna Conservatory, artistic director and conductor of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde concerts as well as director of the Vienna Conservatory. After the division of the two roles in 1859, he remained director of the Conservatory, while Johann Herbeck became conductor of the concerts. He was professor until 1877, but continued on as director until his death in Vienna.
In 1860 he became concertmaster of the Court Opera orchestra and took on various other positions in Vienna's music life.
Hellmesberger founded the Hellmesberger Quartet in 1849. Later his son, Josef Jr., joined playing second violin. He surrendered leadership and the first chair to Josef Jr. in 1887.
joseph, hellmesberger, this, article, about, elder, joseph, hellmesberger, josef, hellmesberger, november, 1828, october, 1893, austrian, violinist, conductor, composer, born, vienna, musician, pedagogue, georg, hellmesberger, 1800, 1873, taught, violin, fathe. This article is about the elder Joseph Hellmesberger Sr For the son see Joseph Hellmesberger Jr Josef Hellmesberger Sr 3 November 1828 24 October 1893 was an Austrian violinist conductor and composer Born in Vienna he was the son of musician and pedagogue Georg Hellmesberger Sr 1800 1873 and was taught violin by his father at the Vienna Conservatory Hellmesberger hails from a family of notable musicians including brother Georg Jr 1830 1852 son Josef Jr 1855 1907 and son Ferdinand 1863 1940 In 1851 Hellmesberger became violin professor at the Vienna Conservatory artistic director and conductor of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde concerts as well as director of the Vienna Conservatory After the division of the two roles in 1859 he remained director of the Conservatory while Johann Herbeck became conductor of the concerts He was professor until 1877 but continued on as director until his death in Vienna In 1860 he became concertmaster of the Court Opera orchestra and took on various other positions in Vienna s music life Hellmesberger founded the Hellmesberger Quartet in 1849 Later his son Josef Jr joined playing second violin He surrendered leadership and the first chair to Josef Jr in 1887 References editJosef Hellmesberger Sr biography at the Tribal Smile Music Encyclopedia Josef Hellmesberger Sr biography Archived 2012 12 30 at archive today at aeiou Encyclopedia Hellmesberger family biographiesExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph Hellmesberger Sr Free scores by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Werke von Joseph Hellmesberger Sr in the German National Library catalogue nbsp This article about an Austrian conductor or bandleader is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a violinist or fiddler is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an Austrian composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Hellmesberger Sr amp oldid 1216998674, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
