Wenzel Gährich Explained
Wenzel Gährich (16 September 1794 in Cerhovice, Bohemia - 15 September 1864 in Berlin) was a German violinist and composer.[1] Gährich composed numerous ballets, especially for Michel François Hoguet and Paul Taglioni.[2] He was the Royal Ballet-music conductor in Berlin.
Selected works
- Ballet
- German: Der Seeräuber (Berlin 1838, Wien 1854); choreography by Paul Taglioni
- Don Quixote (Berlin c.1839); choreography by Paul Taglioni
- German: Die Insel der Liebe, oder Das unausführbare Gesetz (Berlin 1844); choreography by Paul Taglioni
- German: Die unterbrochene Hochzeit (Berlin 1845); choreography by François Michel Hoguet
- German: Paul und Virginie (premiered Berlin, 10 March 1848); choreography by François Michel Hoguet after Pierre Gardel
- German: Aladin, oder Die Wunderlampe (Berlin 1854); choreography by François Michel Hoguet
- German: Die Weiberkur (Berlin); choreography by Adolphe Adam
- Other stage works
- German: 100,000 Thaler!, Farce with Songs (Berlin 1848); words by David Kalisch
- German: Tafellied zum siebzehnten August achtzehnhundertfuenfundfuenfzig (Berlin 1855)
- German: Jubelkantate zum siebzehnten August achtzehnhundertfuenfundfuenfzig (Berlin 1855)
- German: Ein Landstand, Vaudeville (Berlin); words by A. Heinrich v. H. Michaelson
- German: Der verliebte Dorfschneider, Divertissement (Berlin); words by Toni Stullmüller
- Instrumental music
- Sinfonie No. 1 in E major (pub. 1831)
- Concertino in G minor for viola and orchestra, Op. 2 (1831)
- Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 3 (pub. 1831)
- Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 4 (pub. 1833)
- German: Rondo und Variationen (c.1841)
Notes and References
- Book: Redern, Friedrich Wilhelm von. Unter drei Königen. 2003. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. 341-217-402-5. 194.
- Book: Meyerbeer-Institut Schloss Thurnau. Meyerbeer Studien. 1997. Ricordi. 3931788113. 57.