Franz Seraph von Destouches (1772-1844) - Sinfonia D-Dur

Описание: Autor: Franz Seraph von Destouches (1772-1844)
Obra: Sinfonia D-Dur
Intèrprets: StаatskаpeIIe Weimаr

Pintura: Wilhelm Bendz (1804-1832) - Artists in Finck's Coffee-house in Munich (1832)

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Franz Seraph von Destouches
(Munich, 21 January 1772 - Munich, 9 December 1844)

German composer. In 1787 he had lessons from Haydn (and possibly Mozart) in Vienna. His first opera, Die Thomasnacht, was produced at the Salvatortheater, Munich, on 31 August 1792 (score now at D-DS). In the following years he undertook concert tours as a pianist. From 24 November 1797 until 1799 he was music director of the Markgräfin-widow Sophie Caroline in Erlangen. 1799 he joined the orchestra of the Weimar theatre (then under Goethe’s direction) as second leader and became in 1802 teacher of music at the ducal grammar school. In 1804 he succeeded J.F. Kranz as first leader, but was dismissed in 1799. In Weimar he wrote the incidental music for Schiller’s version of Gozzi’s Turandot (arranged for piano, Augsburg, c1806), for his Die Braut von Messina, Die Jungfrau von Orleans (both 1803) and Wilhelm Tell (arranged for violin and piano, c1806), and for later performances of Schiller’s Wallensteins Lager (D-Mbs). He also wrote the music for Kotzebue’s Gustav Vasa (1800, D-WRI), Die Hussiten vor Naumburg (1804) and for Zacharias Werner’s Wanda, Königin der Sarmaten (1808). A second opera of his, Das Missverständnis, was given at Weimar on 27 April 1805; he also wrote Die blühende Aloe (c1805) and Der Teufel und der Schneider (after 1842, not performed). In 1805 his oratorio Die Anbetung am Grabe Jesu Christi (text by Herder) was performed. In 1810 Destouches became professor of music theory at the university in Landshut. 1814 he was appointed Kapellmeister of the Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein, but in 1816 he was dismissed for not returning from a leave of absence. After several concert tours, on 15 January 1820 he became Kapellmeister of the small band of Landgraf Friedrich V, Ludwig von Hessen-Homburg in Bad Homburg. In 1841 he retired and returned to his native town. Besides his works for the stage he wrote sonatas, variations and other pieces for piano, trios, a piano concerto and a clarinet concerto, a sinfonia in C, an overture, ballets, marches, a concert aria, a cantata (1844) and masses.