W. E. Scholz

W. E. Scholz (c. 1800 – September 1866)[1] was a German composer and Kapellmeister / conductor at the court of Prince August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen in Schlawentzitz in Upper Silesia.

Life

Scholz was born in Breslau and his first names and his year of birth are not known today. He was a pupil of Seyfried in Vienna.[2] In 1838 he was appointed Kapellmeister of the Prince zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen at the court in Schlawentzitz in Upper Silesia. Most of his compositions – autographs of his works, autographs of the arrangements and prints – are now in the Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein.[3]

He composed overtures, symphonies, sonatas, instrumental concertos, masses, art songs and harmony music. He also arranged well-known works for the Hofkapelle in Schlawentzitz. For example Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni, Carl Maria von Weber's Oberon and Euryanthe, Gioachino Rossini's Guillaume Tell and Otello, Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio and Symphony No. 5, Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Frédéric Chopin's Waltz in E-flat major.

During his lifetime several of his compositions were published by F. E. C. Leuckart Verlag and Weinhold. The composer's main tenure dates back to the first half of the nineteenth century as evidenced by some autographs. In the 19th century the works of Scholz were acknowledged in the music magazines.[4][5][6]

The Musikalisches Conversationslexikon (1840) describes him as a talented composer.[7] He died in the city of his birth, Breslau.

Works (autographs, selection)

Instrumental concertos

The scores of the composer's complete instrumental compositions (trombone, oboe and clarinet concertos) were prepared in 2016 by Stefan Antweiler from the instrumental parts and published as first editions by Are Musikverlag Mainz.[9]

Literature

Sources

  1. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, vol. 62, 1866, 14 September 1866, [p. 323.
  2. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, vol. 9, 1838, p. 182
  3. ↑ http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/web/47260
  4. ↑ Allgemeiner musikalischer Anzeiger, vol. 10, no. 45, Wien, 8 November 1838
  5. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik; vol. 10, no. 32, 19 April 1839, Leipzig
  6. ↑ Rellstab, L. in: Iris im Gebiete der Tonkunst, vol. 11, no. 19, 8 May 1840, Berlin
  7. ↑ August Gathy (ed.): Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon: Encyklopädie der gesammten Musik-Wissenschaft für Künstler, Kunstfreunde und Gebildete. 2nd edition. Niemeyer, Hamburg 1840, p. 408 at Google Books.
  8. ↑ W. E. Scholz: Fest-Ouvertüre (Arr) in C-Dur; Fest-Ouvertüre für ein großes Orchester komponiert und für die fürstliche Hohenlohe-Öhring'sche Hofkapelle eingerichtet von W. E. Scholz, No. 4; Slawentzitz 6. Oktober 1838; Opus 17; Ms. 1838/39 / Scholz., Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
  9. ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&reset=true&cqlMode=true&query=komRef%3D1112096221&selectedCategory=any
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