Adalbert von Goldschmidt
Adalbert von Goldschmidt (5 May 1848 in Vienna – 21 December 1906 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer, poet and satirist of Jewish origin. Being a friend of Hugo Wolf and Anton Bruckner and trained at the Vienna Conservatory, he first drew wide acclaim for his work Die sieben Todsünden (The seven deadly sins), the first oratorio in the history of music using Richard Wagners orchestration and techniques. He was a scholar of Franz Liszt and created a trilogy of operas; the first of which, Helianthus, premiered successfully in Leipzig in 1884.
Also recorded as Jacob Adalbert Ritter von Goldschmidt
Adalbert von Goldschmidt
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- 1848 · Vienna.
- Died
- 1906 · Hacking.
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- Cisleithania
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- composer
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- opera
- Languages
- German
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Adalbert von Goldschmidt (5 May 1848 in Vienna – 21 December 1906 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer, poet and satirist of Jewish origin. Being a friend of Hugo Wolf and Anton Bruckner and trained at the Vienna Conservatory, he first drew wide acclaim for his work Die sieben Todsünden (The seven deadly sins), the first oratorio in the history of music using Richard Wagners orchestration and techniques. He was a scholar of Franz Liszt and created a trilogy of operas; the first of which, Helianthus, premiered successfully in Leipzig in 1884.
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