Richard Wüerst Explained

Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 – 9 October 1881)^[1] was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue.

Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's. He later taught in the conservatory of Theodor Kullak (what would soon become the Stern Conservatory) and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung (from 1874 to 1875).^[2] One of his notable students was Heinrich Hofmann.

See also: Richard.

Selected works

Operas

• Der Rotmantel (1848 Berlin)
• Vineta (21 December 1862, Bratislava)^[3]
• Die Gastspielreise, Dramatisch-musikalischer Scherz en un acte (after Adolf von Winterfeld). Publié à Berlin: Bloch, ca. 1868.
• Faublas, comic opera in three acts, after a Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, libretto by Ernst Wichert (1873 Berlin)
• A-ing-fo-hi, comic opera in three acts, after a story by Anton Giulio Barrili, libretto by Ernst Wichert (28 January 1878, Berlin)
• Die Offiziere der Kaiserin (1878 Berlin)
• Der Stern von Turan

Symphonies

• Three symphonies (including opus 21 in F, second symphony opus 54(2?) in D minor and opus 36 in C minor, no. 3)^{[4] [5] [6]}
• A concerto for violin, op. 37^[7]

Instrumental music

• Russian Suite for Strings, op. 81^[8]
• Three string quartets, op.33 (A minor, D major, G major)^[9]

Sources

• Chrysander, Friedrich and Müller, Joseph. . Knuf. Volume 2, 9 Mar. 1864 issue.
• Opera Glass
• Wüerst, Richard Ferdinand; Butler, Maynard, trans. (1893) . 5th edition. Boston Music Company.

External links

• • • Author: Wüerst, Richard. Digitalisierte Werke in der Bayer. Staatsbibliothek

Notes and References

1. Book: Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians. 1978. Schirmer Books. New York. 0028702409. 6th. 1918. Wüerst, Richard (Ferdinand).
2. Champlin, John Denison; Apthorp, William Foster. (1899) . C. Scribner's sons. Volume 3. page 603.
3. Review of opera score (pub. by Bote & Bock) in Nov. 4 1863 issue of, vol. 17, beginning p. 353.
4. Chrysander and Müller (1864), pp. 172-5.
5. Web site: Hofmeisters Monatsberichte. 1852. February 1, 2011.
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7. Chrysander and Müller (1864), p. 175.
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9. HMB, published Friedländer, 1860