Alfred Zamara
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Alfred Zamara was an Austria
n composer
and harp
ist.
He was the son of Antonio Zamara (born 1823/1829/1831/1835-died 1901) and was born in Vienna
. Like his father, became professor of harp at the Vienna Conservatory and solo harpist at the Vienna Hofoper. He and his sister, Theresa, were both taught the harp by their father. Alfred Zamara wrote many salon pieces, made transcriptions for the harp, and edited François Joseph Naderman
's Sieben Etuden; among his pupils was Joseph E. Schuëcker (1886-1938) from 1900-01. ( Antonio Zamara had taught Joseph's father and uncle, Edmund Schuëcker (1860-1911) from 1871–77 and Heinrich Schuëcker (1867-1913) from 1878–84) The Zamaras were a Viennese family of harpists active in the musical life of Croatia in the 19th century. His father, Antonio Zamara, had been born in Italy but the family moved to Austria. His sister, Theresa, was a member of the Budapest Opera and later taught harp at the Vienna Conservatory. He collaborated with Viktor Léon
to produce the opera Der Doppelgänger which was produced at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich
in September 1886.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and harp
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
ist.
He was the son of Antonio Zamara (born 1823/1829/1831/1835-died 1901) and was born in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. Like his father, became professor of harp at the Vienna Conservatory and solo harpist at the Vienna Hofoper. He and his sister, Theresa, were both taught the harp by their father. Alfred Zamara wrote many salon pieces, made transcriptions for the harp, and edited François Joseph Naderman
François Joseph Naderman
François Joseph Naderman, born on 5 August 1781 in Paris, where he died on 2 April 1835, was a classical harpist, teacher and composer, the eldest son of the well-known eighteenth century harp maker Jean Henri Naderman...
's Sieben Etuden; among his pupils was Joseph E. Schuëcker (1886-1938) from 1900-01. ( Antonio Zamara had taught Joseph's father and uncle, Edmund Schuëcker (1860-1911) from 1871–77 and Heinrich Schuëcker (1867-1913) from 1878–84) The Zamaras were a Viennese family of harpists active in the musical life of Croatia in the 19th century. His father, Antonio Zamara, had been born in Italy but the family moved to Austria. His sister, Theresa, was a member of the Budapest Opera and later taught harp at the Vienna Conservatory. He collaborated with Viktor Léon
Viktor Léon
Victor Léon, also Viktor Léon was a well-known Jewish Hungarian-Austrian librettist...
to produce the opera Der Doppelgänger which was produced at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
in September 1886.