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Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Göttingen, 12 October 1882 – Munich, 14 June 1954) was a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer.


Life and career


He was the son of the economist August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852–1938) and his wife Charlotte Freiin von Kapherr, a descendant of the historian Georg Friedrich Sartorius. He studied composition with Ludwig Thuille in Munich from 1901 until 1907.[1] He also studied piano with August Schmid-Lindner from 1905 to 1915.

At the age of nine, Waltershausen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. To prevent its spread, doctors amputated his right arm and leg.[2] This did not prevent Waltershausen from pursuing music, however – he specialised in left-handed piano performance with Schmid-Lindner and conducted with his left hand.

Waltershausen's greatest professional success was the opera Oberst Chabert, which he adapted from the novel by Honoré de Balzac. The pacing, characterisation, and pathos of Waltershausen's libretto was widely admired by his contemporaries, often more so than the music itself. Composer and critic Edgar Istel commented, "Though Waltershausen has not as yet shown himself to be a musician of great importance, one must watch his development as a dramatist with interest."[3] Waltershausen also wrote the libretto to Hermann Zilcher's comic opera Doktor Eisenbart.


Surviving works, editions and recordings


Many of Waltershausen's compositions were destroyed in World War II; the following list represents the works which are still extant either in published form or as manuscripts in Waltershausen's papers in the Stadtbibliothek München.[4]


Operas



Orchestral and chamber works



Vocal works



Piano music



References


  1. Plett - Schmidseder K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company - 2005 "Hermann W. von Waltershausen, composer, * 12.10.1882, Göttingen; t 14.6.1954, Munich. S, v. W., the son of August —> S. v. W., studied composition with Ludwig —>Thuille and piano with August —>SchmidLindner in Munich and attended ...
  2. Hanspeter Krellmann, 'Der Unauffällige: Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen und seiner Oper Oberst Chabert', CD booklet for cpo 777 619-2
  3. Istel, Edgar (April 1915). "German Opera since Richard Wagner (trans. Janet Wylie)". The Musical Quarterly. 1 (2): 260–290. doi:10.1093/mq/i.2.260. JSTOR 737850.
  4. Danler, Karl-Robert (1984). Komponisten in Bayern, Band 4: Hermann W. Von Waltershausen. Hans Schneider. ISBN 3-7952-0419-4.

На других языках


[de] Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen

Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (* 12. Oktober 1882 in Göttingen; † 13. August 1954 in München) war ein deutscher Komponist, Dirigent, Musikpädagoge und Musikschriftsteller.
- [en] Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen

[ru] Вальтерсхаузен, Герман Вольфганг фон

Герман Вольфганг фон Вальтерсхаузен (фамилия полностью — Сарториус фон Вальтерсхаузен, нем. Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen; 12 октября 1882 (1882-10-12), Гёттинген — 13 августа 1954, Мюнхен) — немецкий композитор, музыковед, дирижёр, музыкальный педагог. Сын экономиста Августа Сарториуса.



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