Louis Schindelmeisser

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Louis (Ludwig) Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser (b Königsberg Prussia, December 8, 1811 - d Darmstadt, March 30, 1864) was a German clarinetist, conductor and composer. He studied in Berlin and Leipzig.

He was an early and enthusiastic partisan of Wagner, arranging for first performances in Wiesbaden and Darmstadt of Tannhäuser (of which he conducted the premiere), Rienzi and Lohengrin.

His own operas were in the tradition of von Weber and Spohr and "he kept the lyrical and dramatic components in balance"[1].

Schindelmeisser attended the High School for Music in Berlin where he studied clarinet under the French virtuoso J. M. Hostié who had moved to Berlin in 1824. However, it is possible he taught him also earlier in Königsberg since Hostié had settled there already in 1812[2].

Of note is his Sinfonia Concertante op.2 for four clarinets and orchestra composed in 1833, believed to be the only one of its kind[3] (Georg Druschetzky wrote a piece for three clarinets and orchestra).

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[edit] Compositions

[edit] Music for winds

  • Ouvertüre zu dem Trauerspiel "Uriel Acosta" für Harmoniemusik in E-flat major[4].
  • Sinfonia Concertante op.2 for 4 clarinets
  • Concertino in E flat dedicated to J. M. Hostié.

[edit] Operas and Stageworks[5]

  • Peter von Szapáry (premiered on August 8, 1839 in Pest)
  • Malwina (Librettist: Uffer). Romantic Opera in 4 Acts premiered on December 20, 1841 in Pest.
  • Der Rächer (Librettist: Otto Prechtler after Pierre Corneille's Le Cid). Heroic-romantic Opera in 4 Acts (premiered on April 4, 1846 in Pest)
  • Diavolina (Librettist: Giovanni Ambrogio). Ballet in 4 Acts (c. 1860 Darmstadt)
  • Melusine (Librettist: Ernst Pasqué). Romantic Opera in 5 Acts (premiered on December 29, 1861 in Darmstadt)
  • Mathilde (premiere not known)
  • Die zehn glücklichen Tage (premiere not known)

[edit] Discography

  • Sinfonia Concertante op.2 for 4 clarinets; Dieter Klöcker, Waldemar Wandel, Guido Stier, Heide Huber; Hans Stadlmair directing the Bamberger Symphoniker; Koch Schwann 3-1125-2 H1 © 1994, (p) 1994

[edit] References

  1. ^ List of operas and opera composers on the Stanford web site
  2. ^ Pamela Weston, Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past. Emerson
  3. ^ Liner notes of the Koch Schwann CD 3-1125-2 H1 by Dieter Klöcker and Gernot Schmallfuß
  4. ^ Catalog M-Z state archive Thuringen p.518
  5. ^ List of stageworks