Collection 77-M

Collection of Music, Papers, and Memorabilia about Heinrich August Marschner

Heinrich August Marschner was born on Aug. 16, 1795 in Zittau, Saxony; originally entered Univ. of Leipzig in 1813 as a law student; became a pupil of the cantor Schicht, and began composing; invited in 1817 to Vienna by Count ThaddSus von Amadee, where he met Beethoven, and became music teacher in Pressburg; went to Dresden in 1821, and in 1823 was made director of of the German and Italian operas jointly with Weber and Morlacchi, became Kapellmeister of the Leipzig theater in 1826; in 1831 he began 28 years of service as court Kapellmeister of Hanover; awarded an honorary doctorate by the Univ. of Leipzsig, 1834, his compositions include the operas de KiefthSuserberg (1816), Saidor und Zulima (1818), Heinrich IV. und d'AubignT (1820), Der Templer und die Jnden (1829), Hans Heilig (1833), Das Schloss am -etna (1836), and Austin (1852); he also published 20 sets of songs, ten sets of men's choruses, piano compositions, and chamber music. He died on Dec. 14, 1861, in Leipzig.

Collection consists of photographs, portraits, illustrations, printed scores and sheet music, and assorted articles and newspaper clippings. Includes a biography of Marschner by Georg Munzer (box 3), as well as Allen Dean Palmer's masters thesis, Heinrich Marschner and his opera, Der Vampyr, and his doctoral dissertation, Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861) and his stage works.

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