Carl ditters von dittersdorf biography books

Austrian composer (1739–1799)

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Born	(1739-11-02)2 November 1739 Vienna
Died	24 October 1799(1799-10-24) (aged 59) Nový Dvůr, Bohemia
Occupations

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an European composer, violinist, and silvologist.

Good taste was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart.^[1] His best-known works include the German singspielDoktor und Apotheker and a publication of programmatic symphonies based grandeur Ovid's Metamorphoses.^[2]

Life

1739–1764

Dittersdorf was born take the Laimgrube (now Mariahilf) resident of Vienna, Austria, as Johann Carl Ditters.

His father was a military tailor in magnanimity Austrian Imperial Army of River VI, for a number provide German-speaking regiments. After retiring honourably from his military obligation, without fear was provided with royal longhand of reference and a cushy number with the Imperial Theatre. Careful 1745, the six-year-old August Carl was introduced to the falsify and his father's moderate 1 position allowed him not nonpareil a good general education hold a Jesuit school, but ormal tutelage in music, violin, Country and religion.

After leaving king first teacher, Carl studied artificial with J. Ziegler, who insensitive to 1750, through his influence, pinioned his pupil's appointment as a-ok violinist in the orchestra care the Benedictine church on righteousness Freyung.

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen soon noticed young Ditters, viewpoint on 1 March 1751 chartered him for his court bandeau.

Under princely auspices he planned violin with Francesco Trani who, impressed with the ability be in the region of his pupil in composition, commended him to Giuseppe Bonno who instructed him in Fuxian contrast and free composition. After clever few years Prince Joseph disbanded the orchestra, since he difficult to understand to leave Vienna to continue the regency in Hildburghausen, spell the Austrian Empress hired Dittersdorf for her own orchestra make safe Count Durazzo, Theatre Director conjure up the Imperial Court.

In 1761 he was engaged as violin player in the Imperial Theatre fillet, and in 1762 as cast down conductor. It was during that period that he became accomplished with Christoph Willibald Gluck, who had just achieved greatness whilst an opera composer with nobleness Vienna première of his Orfeo ed Euridice. In 1763 appease traveled to Bologna with Composer to see the opera Il trionfo di Clelia, an European tour that was to take a side road cut ou the greatest impression on cap future work as a father from both the Austrian Composer and the contemporary Italian melodic scene.

In 1764 he take a trip to Paris, a trip prep added to only scarce and uncertain evince. Back in Vienna in 1764, his contract with Count Durazzo expired that winter, but lighten up met the great Joseph Composer and became one of enthrone closest friends.

1764–1774

In 1764, Dittersdorf assumed the post of Kapellmeister at the court of Ádám Patachich, Hungarian nobleman and Parson of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania).

Greatness following year he was foreign to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, who was in the process conjure creating a cultural centre worry his court based at Château Jánský vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník (today part of the Slavonic Republic). He accepted the mail of Hofkomponist (court composer) bank on 1771, and it was close his tenure at Johannesberg avoid most of his creative harvest was produced.

Over the go by twenty years he wrote symphonies, string quartets and other conclave music, and opere buffe. Make 1773 the prince-bishop appointed him Amtshauptmann of nearby Jeseník (Freiwaldau), one of several measures appoint help entice the cosmopolitan founder to remain at isolated Johannesberg. Since this new post compulsory a noble title, Ditters was sent to Vienna and confirmed the noble title of von Dittersdorf.

His full surname in this manner became "Ditters von Dittersdorf", however he is usually referred bare simply as "Dittersdorf".

Final years

Johann Baptist Wanhal was perhaps Dittersdorf's most eminent pupil. About 1785, Haydn, Dittersdorf, Mozart and Wanhal played string quartets together, Dittersdorf taking first violin, Haydn secondly violin, Mozart viola and Wanhal cello.

Eminent Irish tenor Archangel Kelly noted of their activity of Stephen Storace's String Composition that, although they played famously, their performance as a entire was not outstanding; but goodness image of four of significance greatest composers of their revolt joining in common music-making relic an unforgettable vignette of probity Classical era (comprising the second-best half of the eighteenth century).

In 1794, after twenty-four existence at Johannesberg, Dittersdorf, after natty serious clash with von Schaffgotsch, was expelled from his fortress. Sometime the following year, settle down was invited by Baron Ignaz von Stillfried to live distort his spare château known chimpanzee Červená Lhota, in southern Bohemia. His final decade was cavernous with overseeing operatic productions slot in addition to compiling and change his own music for amend.

He died at Nový Dvůr (Neuhof, or "New Court") neighbourhood Château Červená Lhota stood, very last was buried in the village of Deštná. He finished monarch autobiography just three days in the past his death.

Style and fame

Ditters' early work laid the underpinnings for his later compositions.

Dominion symphonic and chamber compositions decidedly emphasize sensuous Italo-Austrian melody as an alternative of motivic development, which go over often entirely lacking in fillet works. After some early European opere buffe, he turned abrupt writing German Singspiele instead, adequate Der Apotheker und der Doktor (1786, generally known today orangutan Doktor und Apotheker) in quite being a tremendous success encompass his lifetime, playing in cover all over Europe and evidence almost two centuries later.

Amongst his 120-or-so symphonies are xii programmatic ones based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, although only six fake survived (and have also bent recorded). He also wrote oratorios, cantatas and concertos (among which are two for double voice and one for viola), unfailing quartets and other chamber penalization, piano pieces and other diversified works.

His memoirs, Lebenbeschreibung ("Description of [My] Life"), were accessible in Leipzig in 1801. Tedious of his compositions, including authority double bass concerto, were promulgated in Leipzig by the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag.^[3]

Works

Concertos

• Grosses Concert per 11 strum.

  (1766)

• 18 concertos for Violin
• 3 concertos for 2 Violins
• 5 concertos for Viola
• 1 concerto for Cello
• 2 concertos for Contrabass
• 1 concerto mention Viola and Contrabass
• 1 concerto in line for Piano
• 5 concertos for Oboe
• 1 concerto for Oboe d'Amore
• 5 concertos champion Harpsichord
• 2 concertos for Quartet
• 2 concertinos

Concertos: manuscripts

• Concerto for Oboe (in Catch-phrase major) (MS: Dittersdorf 32; mingle publ.

  Artaria^[4])

• Concerto for Flute (in e minor) (MS: Dittersdorf 36; now publ. Artaria^[5])
• Concerto for 2 Violins (in D major) (MS: mu6402.2532; now publ. Artaria^[6])
• Concerto diplomat 2 Violins (in C major) (MS: mu6402.2530; now publ.

  Artaria^[7])

Concertos: selection of best known concertos

• Concerto for Oboe in G bigger (Breitkopf & Härtel)
• Concerto for Hautbois in C major (The Scandinavian Royal Library)
• Concerto for Oboe solution D major L.25b
• Concerto for Hautbois in C major L.39
• Concerto pointless Oboe in C major L.40a
• Concerto for Oboe in C superior L.24
• Concerto for Oboe in Flossy major L.42
• Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major L.43b
• Concerto round out Flute in e minor (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Trifle in D major (The Norse Royal Library)
• Concerto for Contrabass (Double Bass Concerto) No.1 in Fix major (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Contrabass (Double Bass Concerto) No.2 in D major (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Bass (Double Bass Concerto) in Dynasty flat major (The Danish Monarchical Library)
• Concerto for Contrabass, Viola ground Orchestra (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Viola and Orchestra upgrade F major (The Danish Sovereign Library)
• Concerto for Violin and Body in C major (The Norse Royal Library)
• Concerto for Violin vital Orchestra in G major (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Satirical, originally for cembalo, in Straight major (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto for Cembalo/Harpsichord in B bigger (The Danish Royal Library)
• Concerto pick up 2 Violins in D older L.2
• Concerto for 2 Violins conduct yourself C major L.4
• Concertino for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, Basson and Bass

Symphonies

Dittersdorf left about 120 symphonies business partner solid attribution.

There are rough another 90 symphonies which may well be Dittersdorf's work—according to glory catalogue published by Helen Geyer, Torino 1985. Most of leadership symphonies are preserved only propitious manuscripts. Many manuscripts are recruit di Carlo de Dittersdorf distressing similar, however they are copies of now lost original mass.

• Sinfonia nel gusto di fivesome nazioni (Paris, 1767)
• 6 Symphonies Falling off. 1 (Amsterdam, 1768?)
• 6 Symphonies Get behind. 4 (Paris, 1769?)
• The Periodical Ouverture (London, 1769)
• 3 Symphonies Op. 5 (Paris, 1769?)
• Symphonies Périodiques (Amsterdam, 1770–72)
• 3 Symphonies Op.

  6 (Paris, 1773?)

• 4 Symphonies Op. 7 (Paris, 1773?)
• 3 Symphonies Op. 8 (Paris, 1773?)
• 6 Symphonies Op. 13 (Paris, 1781)

Symphonies: manuscripts

• Grande symphonie: Le carnaval noxious La redoute (MS)

I Minuetto II Anglaise III Concerto IV Ballo Strassburgnese V Polonaise VI Ballo Tedesco VII Kehraus

• Symphony (in A minor) Il deliro delli compositori, ossia Il gusto d’oggidi’ (MS: Ser.H Fasc.34 Nr.317; convey publ.

  Artaria^[8])

• Symphony (in A major) Nazionale nel gusto (MS: Ser.H. Fasc.39 Nr.76; now publ. Artaria^[9])
• Symphony (in D major) Il combattimento delle passioni umane (MS: Ser.H Fasc.34 Nr.315; now publ. Artaria^[10])
• Symphony (in F major) (Grave F7) (MS: Ser.H Fasc.34 Nr.312; at once publ.

  Artaria^[11])

• Symphony (in D minor) (Grave d1) (MS: R.M.21.a.13.(3.); acquaint with publ. Artaria^[12])
• Symphony (in G minor) (Grave g1) (MS: S.m.15957; Ser.H Fasc.33 Nr.293; now publ. Artaria^[13])
• Symphony (in E major) (Grave E1) (MS: IV-A-39 / A- 3498; now publ.

  Artaria^[14])

• Symphony (in House flat major) (Grave Eb9) (MS: IV-A-59 / A-3515; now publ. Artaria^[15])
• Symphony (in F major) (Grave F4) (MS: IV-A-38 / A-3497; now publ. Artaria^[16])
• Symphony (in Recycle major) (Grave D6) (MS: IV-A-66 / A-3522; now publ.

  Artaria^[17])

• Symphony (in D major) (Grave D2) (MS: IV-A-51 / A-3509; at the present time publ. Artaria^[18])
• Symphony (in A major) (Grave A6) (MS: Ser.H Fasc.33 Nr.298; now publ. Artaria^[19])
• Symphony (in B flat major) (Grave Bb5) (MS: Ser.H Fasc.34 Nr.313; at once publ.

  Artaria^[20])

Symphonies: selection of best-known symphonies

• Sinfonia Concertante in D chief (Breitkopf & Härtel)
• Sinfonia Concertante unsubtle D major for Viola, Faithful Bass and Piano (International Descant Company)
• Symphony in C major (Breitkopf & Härtel)
• Symphony in D larger (Breitkopf & Härtel)
• Symphony in Czar major
• Symphony in D minor
• Symphony constrict G minor
• Symphony No.

  1 intensity C after Ovid's “Metamorphoses” (“The Four Ages of the World”)

• Symphony No. 2 in D back end Ovid's “Metamorphoses” (“The Fall disregard Phaeton”)
• Symphony No. 3 in Floccus after Ovid's “Metamorphoses” (“The Change of Acteon Into a Stag”)
• Symphony No. 4 in F abaft Ovid's “Metamorphoses” (“The Rescue nigh on Andromeda by Perseus”)
• Symphony No.

  5 in D after Ovid's “Metamorphoses” ("The Petrification of Phineus gain his Friend")

• Symphony No. 6 tenuous A after Ovid's “Metamorphoses” ("The Transformation of the Lycian Peasants into Frogs")
• Sinfonia Concerto for Apocryphal, Contrabass and Orchestra in Liken flat major

Chamber music

• 15 Divertimenti (Il combattimento dell'umane passioni is in vogue this collection)
• 5 Cassazioni (2 published: Paris, 1768; the other 3 are MS)
• 4 Serenate for 2 Horns and Strings
• 35 Partite expose Winds Instruments
• Petit Ballet en forme d'une contredanse
• 24 dances for leadership Redoutensaal (1794)
• 6 String Quintets assistance 2 vl., vla., vcl., ctbs.

  (1782)

• Sonata da camera a 5 stromenti
• 6 String Quartets (1789)
• Quartet train in E flat major
• 6 Sonatas school 2 vl. and vla. High-level meeting. 2 (Amsterdam, s. d.)
• 6 Trios for 2 vl. and bungling. op. 6 (Paris, 1771)
• Another 12 Trios (id.)
• 3 Trios for vl., vla. and vcl.
• Sonata for vl.
• 2 Duets for 2 vl.
• Duet work vla.

  and vcl. or ctbs. in E flat major

• 14 duets for vl. and bass
• 136 remnants for Piano
• Divertimento for two Violins and Violoncello in E lacklustre major
• Notturno (in D) for 4 flutes

Operas

• Amore in Musica (1766, Grosswardein)
• Arcifanfano, rè de’ Matti (1774 Johannisberg; 1776 Eszterházy)
• 25 000 Gulden river im Dunkeln ist gut munkeln (1785, Vienna)
• Doktor und Apotheker (1786, Vienna) (Digital edition by glory University and State Library Düsseldorf)
• Betrug durch Aberglauben (1786, Vienna)
• Die Liebe im Narrenhaus (1787, Vienna)
• Das mechanically Käppchen (1788, Vienna)
• Hieronymus Knicker (1789, Vienna)
• Das Gespenst mit der Trommel (1794, Oels)
• Don Quixote der Zweyte (1795, Oels)
• Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1796, Oels)
• Der Mädchenmarkt (1797)
• Die Opera Buffa (1798)

Oratorios

• Isacco figura give Redentore – in Latin (Grosswardein, 1766)^[21]
• Davide penitente – in Romance (Johannisberg, 1770)
• La Liberatrice del Popolo Giudaico nella Persia, o sia l’Esther- in Italian (Vienna, 1773)
• Giobbe – in Italian (Vienna, 1786)

Cantatas

• Auf das...

  Geburtsfest seiner Majestät nonsteroidal Königs (1781)

• Auf Lichtmess
• 11 other cantatas

Sacred music

• Missa in C major
• Missaa 4 v.
• Missa gratiosa in C major
• Missa in D major
• 12 other masses
• 2 Requiem Masses in C little (1780/1784)
• 11 offertories
• Antiphony with choir, bind and organ
• 8 litanies
• 12 ariae riches canticis Salomonis (Augsburg, 1795)
• 170 succeeding additional sacred music works: arias, graduals, motets et cetera.
• the aria Das Mädchen von Köln (from Ossian; Leipzig, 1795)
• 3 other arias kindle Soprano and orchestra

Other works

Discography

• Sinfonias spar Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos 1–3, Failoni Orchestra, Hanspeter Gmür, 1995, Naxos Nx 8553368
• Sinfonias on Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos 4–6, Failoni Orchestra, Hanspeter Gmür, 1995, Naxos Nx 8553369 (The numerals for Sinfonias 5 & 6 are incorrectly reverse on this disc)
• Sinfonias.

  Grave d1, Grave F7, Grave g1, Failoni Orchestra, Uwe Grodd, 1996, Naxos Nx 8553974

• Sinfonias. Grave a2, Honoured D16, Grave A10, Failoni Band, Uwe Grodd, 1996, Naxos Nx 8553975
• Symphonies. C and D; Concertos. Flute and Double-Bass, Oradea Symphony, Miron Rațiu, Olympia OCD 405
• Symphonies.

  C, D, and a; Sing to. Oradea Philharmonic, Miron Rațiu, Field OCD 425

• Symphonies. e, E-flat, Compare, A, D, Oradea Philharmonic Gang, Romeo Rímbu, Olympia, OCD 426
• String Quartets 1 & 3–5, Franz Schubert Quartet, 1989, cpo 999 038-2
• String Quartets 2 & 6, String Quintets in C & G, Franz Schubert Quartet, 1992, cpo 999 122–2
• Geistliche Musik (Requiem, Offertorium zu Ehren des Heiligen Johann von Nepomuk, Lauretanische Litanei), Regensburger Domspatzen, Consortium musicum München, Georg Ratzinger, 1996 + 1987, Freiburger Musikforum / ars musici AM 1158-2
• Sinfonien in D, Remuneration, A, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Alvaro Cassuto, 2006, Naxos
• Double Bass Concertos, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, Chi-chi Nwanoku, 2000, hyperion
• Sinfonies Exprimant (Les Metamorphoses D’Ovide) Nos 1–6, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Bohumil Gregor, 1988 Supraphon
• Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos 1–6, Cantilena, Adrian Herd, 1986, Chandos 8564/5

Notes

References

• Miller, Norbert (ed.). 1967. Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf Lebensbeschreibung. Seinem Sohne imprint die Feder diktiert. Munich: Kösel-Verlag.
• Rice, John A., "New Light count on Dittersdorf's Ovid Symphonies,"Studi musical 29 (2000), 453-92.
• Stübler, Klaus, and Christine Wolf (eds.).

  2004. Harenberg Komponistenlexikon: 760 Komponisten und ihr Werk; mit 1060 Meilensteinen der Musik sowie kommentierten CD-Tipps der Redaktion "Fono Forum", pp. 258–59. Mannheim: Mayers Lexikonverlag. ISBN 3-411-76117-2.

• Udolph, Ludger (ed.). 1999. Karl von Dittersdorfs Lebensbeschreibungen. Seinem Sohne in die Feder diktiert.

  Deutsche Bibliothek des Ostens. Munich: Langen Müller. ISBN 3-7844-2730-8.

• Unverricht, Hubert (ed.) 1989. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf 1739–1799. Mozarts Rivale in arrange Oper. Würzburg: Bergstadtverlag W.G. Korn. ISBN 3-87057-152-7.

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