Richard Wüerst
Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 in Berlin – 9 October 1881 in Berlin) was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue.
Wüerst was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen's at the Royal Academy and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's in Berlin. He later taught in the conservatory of Theodor Kullak (what would soon become the Stern Conservatory) and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung (from 1874–75).[1] One of his notable students was Heinrich Hofmann.
Selected works
Operas
- Der Rotmantel (1848 Berlin)
- Vineta (21 December 1862, Bratislava)[2]
- Die Gastspielreise, Dramatisch-musikalischer Scherz en un acte (after Adolf von Winterfeld). Publié à Berlin: Bloch, ca. 1868.
- Faublas, comic opera in three acts, after a Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, libretto by Ernst Wichert (1873 Berlin)
- A-ing-fo-hi, comic opera in three acts, after a story by Anton Giulio Barrili, libretto by Ernst Wichert (28 January 1878, Berlin)
- Die Offiziere der Kaiserin (1878 Berlin)
- Der Stern von Turan
Symphonies
- Three symphonies (including opus 21 in F, second symphony opus 54(2?) in D minor and opus 36 in C minor, no. 3)[3][4][5]
- A concerto for violin, op. 37[6]
Instrumental music
- Russian Suite for Strings, op. 81[7]
- Three string quartets, op.33 (A minor, D major, G major)[8]
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Notes
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Wuerst, Richard |
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German composer |
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22 February 1824 |
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9 October 1881 |
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