Julius Rietz
August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (28 December 1812 in Berlin – 12 September 1877[1] in Dresden) was a German composer, conductor and cellist. He was a teacher among whose students were Woldemar Bargiel,[2] Salomon Jadassohn, Arthur O'Leary, and Arthur Sullivan.[3] See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Julius Rietz. He also edited many works by Felix Mendelssohn for publication.
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Biography
He studied the cello under Schmidt, Bernhard Romberg, and Gans. At 16, he joined the orchestra of the Königstädter Theater, for which he wrote the music to Holtei's play Lorbeerbaum und Bettelstab. In 1834, he was appointed assistant conductor at the Düsseldorf Opera under Mendelssohn, whom he succeeded the following year. In 1847, he was called to Leipzig as theatre kapellmeister and conductor of the Singakademie. In 1848, he succeeded Mendelssohn as conductor of the Gewandhaus concerts and as teacher of composition at the Conservatory. He was called to Dresden in 1860 to succeed Reissiger as court kapellmeister. Here he conducted the opera and afterwards undertook the direction of the royal conservatory. He died at Dresden.[4]
Compositions
As a composer, he belongs to the younger classic school and was strongly opposed to the Neo-German movement. Among his works are the operas, three symphonies, several overtures to plays, flute sonatas, violin sonatas, motets, masses, psalms, and a quantity of other church music.[4]
Operas
- Jery und Bätely (1839)
- Das Mädchen aus der Fremde (1839)
- Der Korsar (1850)
- Georg Neumann und die Gambe (1859)
Symphonies
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 (1843)
- Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 23 (1846?)
- Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 31 (1855)
Overtures
- Concert Overture in A major, Op. 7
- Hero und Leander, Op. 11
- Lustspielouvertüre, Op. 53
Concertos
- Clarinet Concerto, Op. 29
- Concert Piece for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 33
- Cello Concerto, Op. 16
Legacy
The Louisville Orchestra First Edition series contained, besides many works mostly by modern composers (usually American), Rietz' Concert Overture, opus 7 (coupled with the second symphony of Max Bruch), and recorded around 1970.[5] This may have been the same concert overture commissioned by the Lower Rhenish Music Festival to commemorate an anniversary .[6]
Notes
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References
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External links
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- 1812 births
- 1877 deaths
- Musicians from Berlin
- German classical cellists
- German classical composers
- German conductors (music)
- Romantic composers
- Honorary Members of the Royal Philharmonic Society
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century conductors (music)
- German male classical composers
- 19th-century German musicians
