Julius Stockhausen
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Julius Christian Stockhausen (22 July 1826, Paris
– 22 September 1906, Frankfurt am Main) was a German singer and singing master.
, and Margarethe Stockhausen
née Schmuck, soprano
, were musicians of some ability who recognized his talent and encouraged his development.
Before he had reached his 20th year he was an excellent performer upon the piano
, organ
, violin
, and cello
. In 1845 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris
, where he studied piano with Hallé
and Stamaty
and singing with Manuel García
. In 1849 he continued his studies with Garcia in London
. He quickly won fame as a remarkable concert singer (baritone
). From 1862 to 1869 he resided in Hamburg
as conductor of the Philharmonic Society and Singakademie
.
He spent the next five years in Stuttgart
as Kammersänger
to the King of Württemberg
, then he became conductor of Stern's
Gesangverein at Berlin
, where he remained until 1878, being then called to Hoch Conservatory
at Frankfurt
as professor of singing. Differences with Raff
, the director, led to his resignation the following year and the establishment of his own school, which immediately became world famous.
After Raff's death (1882), Stockhausen returned to the conservatory, but continued his own school. Students of Stockhausen include Jenny Hahn, Clarence Whitehill
, Johannes Messchaert (also: Johan), Hermine Spies, Horatio Connell, Hugo Goldschmidt, Karl Perron
, and Max Friedlaender
. He wrote an excellent Gesangsmethode ("Singing Method") in 1884, which was translated into English by his pupil Sophie Löwe. His brother Franz Stockhausen
Jr. was an eminent choral conductor who studied with Moscheles. His daughter, Julia Wirth, née Stockhausen (1886–1964), married the famous German violinist Emanuel Wirth
. She was the author of Stockhausen's biography.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
– 22 September 1906, Frankfurt am Main) was a German singer and singing master.
Life
Stockhausens' parents, Franz Stockhausen Sr. (1792–1868), harpist and composerComposer
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 Margarethe Stockhausen
Margarethe Stockhausen
Margarethe Stockhausen , born Margarethe Schmuck, was a soprano singer who had a distinguished career in Europe and Britain during the 1820s and 1830s...
née Schmuck, soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
, were musicians of some ability who recognized his talent and encouraged his development.
Before he had reached his 20th year he was an excellent performer upon the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, and cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. In 1845 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
, where he studied piano with Hallé
Charles Hallé
Sir Charles Hallé was an Anglo-German pianist and conductor, and founder of The Hallé orchestra in 1858.-Life:Hallé was born in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany who after settling in England changed his name from Karl Halle...
and Stamaty
Camille-Marie Stamaty
Camille-Marie Stamaty was a French pianist, piano teacher and composer predominantly of piano music and studies . Today largely forgotten, he was one of the preeminent piano teachers in 19th century Paris...
and singing with Manuel García
Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García
Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García , was a Spanish singer, music educator, and vocal pedagogue.-Biography:García was born on 17 March 1805 in the town of Zafra in Badajoz Province, Spain. His father was singer and teacher Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García...
. In 1849 he continued his studies with Garcia in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He quickly won fame as a remarkable concert singer (baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
). From 1862 to 1869 he resided in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
as conductor of the Philharmonic Society and Singakademie
Singakademie
A Singakademie - originally a phenomenon of the German-speaking realm - is a large mixed choral society, whose primary aims are to study large, significant choral works - mostly those of acknowledged masters; to train themselves with these works; and to cultivate social interaction to a high...
.
He spent the next five years in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
as Kammersänger
Kammersänger
Kammersänger , abbreviation: "Ks.", literally means "Chamber singer." It is a German honorific title for distinguished singers...
to the King of Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
, then he became conductor of Stern's
Julius Stern
Julius Stern was a German musician.Stern was born at Breslau. He received his elementary education in music from the violinist Peter Lüstner, and at the age of nine played at concerts...
Gesangverein at Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, where he remained until 1878, being then called to Hoch Conservatory
Hoch Conservatory
Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium - Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on September 22, 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament, a school for music and the arts was established for all age groups. ...
at Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
as professor of singing. Differences with Raff
Joachim Raff
Joseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist.-Biography:Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitment into the military of that southwestern German state that had to fight for Napoleon in...
, the director, led to his resignation the following year and the establishment of his own school, which immediately became world famous.
After Raff's death (1882), Stockhausen returned to the conservatory, but continued his own school. Students of Stockhausen include Jenny Hahn, Clarence Whitehill
Clarence Whitehill
Clarence Whitehill was a leading American bass-baritone. He sang on both sides of the Atlantic and is best remembered for his association with the music dramas of Richard Wagner....
, Johannes Messchaert (also: Johan), Hermine Spies, Horatio Connell, Hugo Goldschmidt, Karl Perron
Karl Perron
Karl Perron, born Karl Pergamenter and also known as Carl Perron, was a German bass-baritone. A Kammersänger of the Dresden State Opera, he created leading roles in three operas by Richard Strauss – Jochanaan in Salome, Orest in Elektra, and Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier.-Biography:Karl Perron...
, and Max Friedlaender
Max Friedlaender (musicologist)
Max Friedlaender was a German bass singer, music editor, and musicologist. He specialized in German Lieder.- Life :...
. He wrote an excellent Gesangsmethode ("Singing Method") in 1884, which was translated into English by his pupil Sophie Löwe. His brother Franz Stockhausen
Franz Stockhausen
Franz Stockhausen was a German choral conductor, and a member of a celebrated German musical family....
Jr. was an eminent choral conductor who studied with Moscheles. His daughter, Julia Wirth, née Stockhausen (1886–1964), married the famous German violinist Emanuel Wirth
Emanuel Wirth
Emanuel Wirth was a German violinist.Wirth was born in Žlutice in northwestern Bohemia. As Joseph Joachim's assistant at the Hochschule für Musik , he taught violin and viola. August Wilhelmj said he was the best violin teacher of his generation...
. She was the author of Stockhausen's biography.
Works
- Julius Stockhausens Gesangsmethode. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, 1884.
- Stockhausen, Julius. A Method of Singing. Translation: Sophie LöweSophie LöweJohanna Sophie Christiane Löwe was a German opera soprano, active mainly in Vienna and Berlin. She was one of the most famous German opera singers of her time.-Life and career:...
. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., 1884. - Julius Stockhausens Gesangstechnik und Stimmbildung. Frankfurt am Main: C. F. Peters, 1886/87.
Literature
- Wirth, Julia. Julius Stockhausen: der Sänger des Deutschen Liedes. Frankfurt am Main: Englert/Schlosser, 1927.
- Stiftung Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium Joseph HochJoseph HochJoseph Paul Johannes Hoch was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music conservatory in Germany...
zum 100. Todestag, Frankfurt am Main: KramerKramer-People:*Kramer , a musician and record producer.Fictional* Cosmo Kramer, a character from the American sitcom Seinfeld, usually referred to as just "Kramer".For other people, real or fictional, with the last name of "Kramer", see Kramer...
, 1974. - Cahn, Peter. Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978), Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979.
External links
- Biography in German
- The grave of Julius Stockhausen at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
- Julius Stockhausen's Gesangsmethode and A Method of Singing