Johann Michael Vogl
Johann Michael Vogl (August 10, 1768 – November 19, 1840), was an Austrian baritone singer and composer. Though famous in his day, he is remembered mainly for his close professional relationship and friendship with composer Franz Schubert. • Illustration — Johann Michael Vogl, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber • Illustration — Vogl and Franz Schubert, caricatured by Franz von Schober Vogl was born in Steyr. In 1786 Vogl went to Vienna to study, and later to practice law.
Johann Michael Vogl
Josef Kriehuber · Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie aus eigenem Besitz · Public domain
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- 1768.
- Died
- 1840.
- Occupation
- composer and opera singer.
- Fields
- opera.
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In 1795 he debuted at the Vienna Hofoper, and quickly attracted a following for both his acting capability and the beauty of his voice. The following year, when Vogl sang the role of Pizarro at the premiere of the final version of Beethoven's Fidelio, it is said that the 17-year-old Schubert actually sold his schoolbooks in order to afford a ticket. When composer and singer finally met, in 1817, Vogl was as impressed with the quality of Schubert's music as Schubert was with Vogl's singing. Schubert wrote many of his subsequent songs with Vogl in mind. One of their early successes was an 1821 performance of Erlkönig, prior to its publication and to significant popular acclaim. Rarely in music history has the relationship of a composer and a specific singer been so musically productive. Vogl continued to sing Schubert's music after the death of his friend in 1828, famously singing a complete performance of Winterreise accompanied by the pianist Emanuel Mikschik shortly before his own death on the twelfth anniversary of the death of his friend.
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This is a pencil-on-paper caricature of singer Johann Michael Vogl (left) and composer Franz Schubert (right). The caption (in German) reads: Michael Vogl and Franz Schubert go out for battle and victory
attributed to Franz Schober · Original is in the Historic Museum of the City of Vienna Download (and attribution details) from
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1840
Johann Michael Vogl died at Vienna.
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Schubert and Johann Michael Vogl: A Reappraisal, 19th-Century Music, 1979
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- 1.Michael Lorenz: Studien zum Schubertkreis, Phil. Diss., Wien 2001
- 2.Erich Wolfgang Partsch: Anton Bruckner und Steyr. S. 72. Wien 2003.
- 3.Pfarre Steyr Stadtpfarre, Taufbuch Tom. 06, fol. 60, 383, 496, 296, 592, 512, 147, 440, 18; Sterbebuch Tom. 04, fol. 51; Sterbebuch Tom. 03, fol. 541; Trauungsbuch Tom. 03, fol. 52; Trauungsbuch Tom. 02, fol. 606.
- 4.Wurzbach: Lexikon
- 5.Schubert. Die Dokumente seines Lebens, hrsg. von Otto Erich Deutsch, 2. Aufl., Wiesbaden 1996, S. 404
- 6.Michael Lorenz: Studien zum Schubertkreis, Phil. Diss., Wien 2001
- 7."Skizzen"
- 8.Totenbuch der Wiener Pfarre Am Hof.
- 9.Wiener Zeitung
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