- Franz Lachner
Franz Paul Lachner (2 April 1803 – 20 January 1890) was a German
composer and conductor.Lachner was born in
Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers Ignaz, Theodor and Vinzenz also became musicians). He studied music withSimon Sechter andAbbé Stadler . He conducted at theTheater am Kärntnertor inVienna before becoming a major figure in the musical life ofMunich from the 1830s, conducting at the opera and various concerts and festivals. His career there came to a sudden end in 1864 afterRichard Wagner 's discipleHans von Bülow took over Lachner's duties. Lachner remained officially in his post on extended leave for a few years until his contract expired.Lachner was a well-known and prolific composer in his day, though he is not now considered a major composer. His work, influenced by
Ludwig van Beethoven and his friendFranz Schubert is regarded as competent and craftsman-like, but is now generally little known. Among his greatest successes were his opera "Caterina Cornaro" (1841), his "Requiem " and his seventh orchestralsuite (1881). In the present day it may be his organsonata s (Opp. 175, 176, 177) as well aschamber music , in particular his music forwind instrument s, that receives the most attention, though his string quartets and some of his eight symphonies have been performed and recorded. His songs, some of which are set to the same texts that Schubert used in his songs, contributed to the development of the GermanLied .For performances of
Luigi Cherubini 's "Médée" in Frankfurt in 1855, Lachner composedrecitative s to replace the original spoken dialogue, and it was this version, translated into Italian, which was used in many twentieth-century revivals and recordings of that opera.External links
* [http://www.maurice-abravanel.com/lachner_franz_english.html Franz Paul Lachner biography]
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