Franz Xaver Kleinheinz Explained

Franz Xaver Kleinheinz (26 June 1765 – 29 January 1832)[1] was an Austrian composer, piano teacher and Kapellmeister.

Life

Born in near Mindelheim, Kleinheinz first went to Munich and in 1799 to Vienna, where he met Beethoven and soon became a sought-after piano teacher. His pupils included Giulietta Guicciardi and the sisters Therese Brunsvik and Josephine Brunsvik. From 1805, he took up a second residence in Brno[2] and in August 1810 he was appointed as Kapellmeister in Bratislava.[3] At the beginning of May 1813, it is said that Kleinheinz, "one of the most excellent piano players", had resigned from his post in Pressburg and returned to Vienna.[4] From 1814 to 1824, he worked as a conductor at the Deutsches Theater in Pest.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Kleinheinz died in Pest at the age of 66.[9]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Stieger . Franz . Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver . Opernlexikon/Opera catalogue/Lexique des opéras/Dizionario operistico. II: Komponisten . 1977.
  2. Encyclopedia: Eitner . Robert . Robert Eitner . Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver . Biographisch-Bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten . 1901.
  3. Thalia, Vienna, ed. by Ignaz Franz Castelli, Vol. 1, No. 15 of 22 August 1810, : "The well-known composer Kleinheinz was appointed Kapellmeister [... ] to Pressburg".
  4. Thalia, Vienna, Vol. 4, No. 52 of 1 May 1813, p. 208.
  5. https://www.forumopera.com/compositeur/kleinheinz-franz-xaver Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver
  6. https://www.italianopera.org/compositori/K/c218903F.htm Franz Xaver Kleinheinz
  7. https://www.laflutedepan.com/partition/213866/franz-xaver-kleinheinz-trio-in-e-flat-major-opus-13-partition-violon-(ou-clarinette-en-sib)-violoncelle-et-piano.html Franz Xaver Kleinheinz Trio in E flat major Opus 13
  8. https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_K/Kleinheinz_Franz-Xaver_1765_1832.xml Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver
  9. Encyclopedia: Einstein . Alfred . Alfred Einstein . Kleinheinz, Franz Xaver . Hugo Riemanns Musik-Lexikon . 1929.