Louis Schindelmeisser

Louis (Ludwig) Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser (December 8 1811 - March 30 1864) was a German clarinetist, conductor and composer.

He was born Königsberg Prussia, and studied in Berlin and Leipzig.

He was an early and enthusiastic partisan of Richard 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" [ [http://opera.stanford.edu/composers/S.html List of operas and opera composers on the Stanford web site] ] .

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 [Pamela Weston, "Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past". Emerson] . He died in Darmstadt.

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 [Liner notes of the Koch Schwann CD 3-1125-2 H1 by Dieter Klöcker and Gernot Schmallfuß] (Georg Druschetzky wrote a piece for three clarinets and orchestra).

Compositions

Music for winds

* "Ouvertüre zu dem Trauerspiel "Uriel Acosta" für Harmoniemusik in E-flat major [ [http://www.thueringen.de/imperia/md/content/staatsarchive/rudolstadt/repertorien/hkr_2.pdf Catalog M-Z state archive Thuringen p.518] ] .
* "Sinfonia Concertante op.2" for 4 clarinets
* "Concertino in E flat" dedicated to J. M. Hostié.

Operas and Stageworks [ [http://www.operone.de/komponist/schindel.html List of stageworks] ]

* "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)

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

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