Carl Heissler
Carl or Karl Heissler (18 January 1823 – 13 November 1878) was an Austrian violinist and violist. • Illustration — Carl Heissler, Lithography by Josef Kriehuber, 1866
Carl Heissler
Josef Kriehuber (†1876) · Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie der Albertina (Wien) · Public domain
- Name
- Carl Heissler
- Occupation
- Austrian musician
- Born
- 18 January 1823
- Died
- 13 November 1878
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire · Cisleithania
- Teachers
- Georg Hellmesberger · Matthias Durst · Joseph Hellmesberger · Joseph Böhm
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Carl or Karl Heissler (18 January 1823 – 13 November 1878) was an Austrian violinist and violist. • Illustration — Carl Heissler, Lithography by Josef Kriehuber, 1866
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Carl Heissler (1823–1878) was a musician and violinist, a national of the Austrian Empire and Cisleithania. The musician was born and died in Vienna.
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• Name — Carl Heissler • Occupation — Austrian musician • Born — 18 January 1823 • Died — 13 November 1878
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He studied with Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr., Matthias Durst and Joseph Böhm at the Academy of the Vienna Music Friends Society. In 1841 he entered the orchestra of the Vienna Opera and from 1843, he was also member of the Orchestra of the Imperial Court. From 1849, he played as second violin in the quartet Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. took over from Leopold Jansa, which he named Hellmesberger Quartet. Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr., the son of Heissler's professor, replaced Carl Heissler as second violin in 1870. Heissler taught at the Vienna Conservatoire, where his students included Julius Winkler, Arnold Rosé, Hans Wessely and Franz Schalk. He was the first Director of the orchestral association of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (1869) in Vienna. His successor was Anton Rubinstein (1871), followed by Johannes Brahms (1872).
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Carl Heissler is recorded as a citizen of Austrian Empire. Recorded with the occupation violinist.
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1823
Carl Heissler was born on 18 January 1823.
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Carl Heissler died on 13 November 1878.
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He trained under Georg Hellmesberger, Matthias Durst, Joseph Hellmesberger and Joseph Böhm. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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