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August Wilhelm Ambros (17 November 1816 – 28 June 1876)[1] was an Austrian composer and music historian of Czech descent.

For the comic strip cartoonist, see Ambrós.

Life


He was born in Mýto, Rokycany District, Bohemia.[1] His father was a cultured man, and his mother was the sister of Raphael Georg Kiesewetter[2] (1773–1850), the musical archaeologist and collector. Ambros studied at the University of Prague[1] and was well-educated in music and the arts, which were his abiding passion. He was, however, destined for the law and an official career in the Austrian civil service, and from 1839 he occupied various important posts under the ministry of justice, music being an avocation.[3]

From 1850 onwards, he became well known as a critic and essay-writer, and in 1860 he began working on his magnum opus, his History of Music, which was published at intervals from 1862[4] in five volumes, the last two (1878, 1882) being edited and completed by Otto Kade and Wilhelm Langhans.[3]

Ambros was a professor of the history of music at Prague from 1869 to 1871.[5] Also in Prague, he sat on the board of governors in the Prague Royal Conservatory. By 1872, he was living in Vienna and was employed by the Department of Justice as an officer and by Prince Rudolf's family as his tutor. Through his work in Vienna, he was given a leave of absence for half the year in order to let him travel the world to collect musical information to include in his History of Music book.[6] He was an excellent pianist, and the author of numerous compositions reminiscent of Felix Mendelssohn.[3]

Ambros died at Vienna, Austria at the age of 59.[6]


Notes


  1. Blom, Eric (2005) Everyman's Dictionary of Music, Kessinger Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 1-4179-8918-1.
  2. Todd. R. Larry. (1991) Mendelssohn and His World, Princeton University Press. p. 304. ISBN 0-691-02715-3.
  3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ambros, August Wilhelm". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 798.
  4. Lang, Paul Henry. (1997) Music in Western Civilization, W. W. Norton & Company. p. 987. ISBN 0-393-04074-7.
  5. Meinong, Alexius & Adler, Guido (1995) Eine Freundschaft in Briefen Alexius, Rodopi. p. 8. ISBN 90-5183-867-0.
  6. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "August Wilhelm Ambros" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


На других языках

[de] August Wilhelm Ambros

August Wilhelm Ambros (* 11. November 1816 in Mauth bei Pilsen; † 28. Juni 1876 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Musikhistoriker, Musikkritiker und Komponist.
- [en] August Wilhelm Ambros

[es] August Wilhelm Ambros

August Wilhelm Ambros fue un compositor e historiador musical austríaco de ascendencia checa nacido en 1817 en la localidad de Mauth (actualmente Mýto, República Checa). Su padre era un hombre culto y su madre era la hermana del musicólogo Raphael Georg Kiesewetter.

[ru] Амброс, Август Вильгельм

Август Вильгельм Амброс (нем. August Wilhelm Ambros; 1816—1876) — австрийский музыкальный историк и критик, композитор, пианист и педагог XIX века.


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