Richard Wüerst
Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 – 9 October 1881) was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue. Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's.
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Richard Wüerst
- Born
- Richard Wüerst was born, sources differ on the date (on 22 February 1824 and on 22 April 1824). · Berlin.
- Died
- Richard Wüerst died on 9 October 1881. · Berlin.
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- Kingdom of Prussia
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- composer · music educator · university teacher · music director · music critic · conductor · music teacher · musician
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- German
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Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 – 9 October 1881) was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue. Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's.
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Richard Wüerst was a Prussian composer, conductor and music critic, among other activities. Born in Berlin, the composer died in Berlin.
Genres include opera. Languages used include German.
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He later taught in the conservatory of Theodor Kullak (what would soon become the Stern Conservatory) and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung (from 1874 to 1875). One of his notable students was Heinrich Hofmann.
• Der Rotmantel (1848 Berlin) • Vineta (21 December 1862, Bratislava) • Die Gastspielreise, Dramatisch-musikalischer Scherz en un acte (after Adolf von Winterfeld). Publié à Berlin: Bloch, ca. 1868. • Faublas, comic opera in three acts, after a Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, libretto by Ernst Wichert (1873 Berlin) • A-ing-fo-hi, comic opera in three acts, after a story by Anton Giulio Barrili, libretto by Ernst Wichert (28 January 1878, Berlin) • Die Offiziere der Kaiserin (1878 Berlin) • Der Stern von Turan
Symphonies
Symphonies
• Three symphonies (including opus 21 in F, second symphony opus 54(2?) in D minor and opus 36 in C minor, no. 3) • A concerto for violin, op. 37
Instrumental music
Instrumental music
• Russian Suite for Strings, op. 81 • Three string quartets, op.33 (A minor, D major, G major)
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Richard Wüerst was born at Berlin.
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Richard Wüerst died at Berlin.
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- 1.Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians. Schirmer Books. 1918. 1978. 0028702409.
- 2.Champlin, John Denison; Apthorp, William Foster. (1899) . C. Scribner's sons. Volume 3. page 603.
- 3.Review of opera score (pub. by Bote & Bock) in Nov. 4 1863 issue of , vol. 17, beginning p. 353.
- 4.Chrysander and Müller (1864), pp. 172-5.
- 5.Hofmeisters Monatsberichte. 1852.
- 6.OCLC 57391136 .
- 7.Chrysander and Müller (1864), p. 175.
- 8.OCLC 24415614 .
- 9.HMB, published Friedländer, 1860
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Chrysander, Friedrich and Müller, Joseph. . Knuf. Volume 2, 9 Mar. 1864 issue.
- Opera Glass
- Wüerst, Richard Ferdinand; Butler, Maynard, trans. (1893) . 5th edition. Boston Music Company.
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