Richard Heuberger
Illustration — Richard Heuberger Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in Graz, Austria – 28 October 1914 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher. Heuberger was born in Graz, the son of a bandage manufacturer. He initially studied engineering, but gave it up in 1876, and turned to music.
Richard Heuberger
Auguste Wimmer (19 th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 – 20 th century date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7) · ÖNB, Bildarchiv Austria, Inventarnummer NB 609.407 - B ( · Public domain
- Born
- 1850 · Graz.
- Died
- 1914 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Cisleithania · Austrian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · music critic · conductor · music teacher · musicographer
- Fields
- opera
- Teachers
- Wilhelm Mayer
- Honours
- honorary citizenship
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Richard Heuberger Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in Graz, Austria – 28 October 1914 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher. Heuberger was born in Graz, the son of a bandage manufacturer. He initially studied engineering, but gave it up in 1876, and turned to music.
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He studied at the Graz Conservatory (where he studied with Robert Fuchs), and later transferred to Vienna, where he eventually became the chorus master of the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein, conductor of the Wiener Singakademie, director of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), and a teacher at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien. He also edited the Musikbuch aus Österreich (1904–6). Although Heuberger wrote many operas, ballets, choral works, and songs, he is best known today for his operetta Der Opernball, composed in 1898. He taught at the Vienna Conservatory from 1902. Among his pupils was Clemens Krauss.
Operettas • Der Opernball (1898) • Ihre Excellenz (1899), revised as Eine entzückende Frau • Der Sechsuhrzug (1900) • Das Baby (1902) • Der Fürst von Düsterstein (1909) • Don Quixote (1910) Operas • Abenteuer einer Neujahrsnacht (1886) • Manuel Venegas (1889), revised as Mirjam, oder Das Maifest (1894) • Barfüssele (1905) Ballets • Die Lautenschlägerin (1896) • Struwwelpeter (1897)
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Richard Heuberger is recorded as composer, music critic, conductor, music teacher and musicographer.
Richard Heuberger (1850–1914), Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher.
Auguste Wimmer (19 th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 – 20 th century date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7) · ÖNB, Bildarchiv Austria, Inventarnummer NB 609.407 - B (
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1850
Richard Heuberger born at Graz.
1914
Richard Heuberger died at Vienna.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q701691: Richard Heuberger
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- “Richard Heuberger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Heuberger, Richard (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Richard Heuberger
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Heuberger, Richard (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002Crossref registry
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