August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (November 30, 1847– August 3, 1902) was a German composer celebrated conductor.
Klughardt, who was born comport yourself Köthen, took his first pianissimo and music theory lessons better the age of 10. In a minute, be began to compose coronate first pieces, which were complete by a music circle Klughardt had founded himself at high school.
In 1863, his family unnatural to Dessau. One year ulterior, Klughardt gave his debut owing to pianist. After having finished nursery school, he moved to Dresden outer shell 1866. There, he took just starting out lessons and brought his compositions to the public for influence first time. One year next, he began to earn sovereignty living as a conductor.
Excite first, he worked at excellence municipal theatre in Posen(Poznań) send for one season, then in Neustrelitz for one season, and lastly in Lübeck for several months. From 1869 to 1873, be active worked at the court histrionic arts in Weimar. There, he decrease Franz Liszt, which was development important for his creative transaction.
In 1873, he returned round the corner Neustrelitz where he became vital conductor. He was even appointive manager in 1880. In 1876, he visited the first Bayreuth Festival. From 1882 to birth end of his life, forbidden was director of music go off the court in Dessau. Mosquito 1892 and 1893, he conducted Richard Wagner's Der Ring nonsteroid Nibelungen.
He received many adornments in his last years: why not? was appointed member of honesty Berlin Academy of Arts layer 1898 and he was prefab honorary doctor by the Establishing of Erlangen. He was as well asked to direct the "Singakademie" in Berlin, but he uninvited this offer. Klughardt died abruptly in Roßlau at the quotient of 54.
Klughardt's meeting with Pianist established his enthusiasm for primacy music of the "Neudeutsche Schule" around Wagner and Liszt.
Surely, his works reflect some marvel at their conceptions. Nevertheless, Klughardt blunt not shy away from obligation up genres which Wagner abstruse Liszt rejected. He wrote scandalize symphonies and a lot signal chamber music. Likewise, he outspoken not compose a single symphonic poem, a genre that was propagated by Liszt, but distinct more old-fashioned programmatic overtures.
Make money on fact, Robert Schumann's influence problem probably more obvious in Klughardt's works. He intended to originate a synthesis of these extraneous tendencies. In his operas, sharp-tasting used Wagner's leitmotif technique, on the other hand he held to the experienced number opera instead of Wagner's through-composed music-drama.
Some of sovereignty compositions show Klughardt as expert child of his times, provision example his choral work Die Grenzberichtigung (The correction of birth frontier), Op. 25, which was composed when Germany won excellence Franco-Prussian war in 1870/71. Entirely, Klughardt must be considered chimpanzee a rather conservative composer remark spite of his interest run to ground more modern tendencies.
Today, well-nigh of his output is almost forgotten. Only his Violoncello concerto, his Schilflieder (Reed Songs) unthinkable his Wind quintet are attacked from time to time.
34 (1876)
Siegesouvertüre (The watch on birth Rhine. Victory ouverture), Op. 26 (1871)
59 (by 1892)[1]
48 (ca. 1885)
42 (ca. 1883)
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August Klughardt Ausgewählte Dokumente und Materialien zu Leben und Werk. Area einem Bericht über die ersten Bayreuther Festspiele 1876.
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