Franz Gläser
Illustration — Franz Glaeser by Emil Bærentzen Franz Joseph Glæser (19 April 1798 - 29 August 1861), also spelt as Glaeser and Gläser, was an Austrian-Danish composer. Franz Gläser was born in Obergeorgenthal, Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Glaeser’s work as a composer was mostly done before he migrated to Denmark, to spend much of his later life in Copenhagen. He gained his first position as a Kapellmeister at the Leopoldstadt Theater in 1817 and his last at Copenhagen in 1842, retaining the position until his death in 1861.
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Franz Gläser
Emil Bærentzen · This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b84203242 · Public domain
- Born
- 1798 · Horní Jiřetín.
- Died
- 1861 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · chapelmaster
- Fields
- opera · classical · liturgical
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog · Professor
- Languages
- German · Danish
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Illustration — Franz Glaeser by Emil Bærentzen Franz Joseph Glæser (19 April 1798 - 29 August 1861), also spelt as Glaeser and Gläser, was an Austrian-Danish composer. Franz Gläser was born in Obergeorgenthal, Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Glaeser’s work as a composer was mostly done before he migrated to Denmark, to spend much of his later life in Copenhagen. He gained his first position as a Kapellmeister at the Leopoldstadt Theater in 1817 and his last at Copenhagen in 1842, retaining the position until his death in 1861.
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