Leopold Neuhauser
Leopold Neuhauser (born Innsbruck, 18th century – died after 1813) was an Austrian musician, composer of instrumental works, and virtuoso of the guitar and mandolin.[1] He lived in Vienna in the early 19th century, where he taught music and composed.[1]
He was part of a "guitar bloom" which ran in Vienna from 1800 through around 1850, as virtuosos from around Austria moved to Vienna.[2] The players began incorporating their regional folk-tunes "alpine influences" into their music, writing Ländler dances and expanding the repertoire of classical guitar.[2] As a guitar player and composer, Neuhauser was part this movement.[2]
Works
Philip J. Bone listed some of Neuhauser's works:
Published
- Six variations for guitar and violin, or clarionet (Opus 2) (published by Simrock, Bonn)[1]
- Six waltzes for two guitars (published by Simrock, Bonn)[1]
- Six variations for guitar and violin, or clarionet (1801)[1]
- Twelve variations for violin and bass (1799, Vienna)[1]
- several collections of German songs with guitar accompaniment[1]
Manuscript
Bone also wrote of Neuhauser's "many unpublished manuscripts for the mandolin and guitar and also four instrumental nocturnes"[1] Konrad Wölki wrote of Neuhauser's four "Notturni for mandolin, violin, two horns and violincello" which were published in handwritten-manuscript form by Johann Traeg, 1799, Vienna.[3]
The nocturnes that Bone listed were previously listed in 1813 in Neues historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler, volume 3, by Ernst Ludwig Gerber. Gerber and Bone gave the same list of instruments for the works:
- Nocturne No. 1 for Violin, two altos and violoncello[1]
- Nocturne No. 2 for Mandolin, violin, alto, two horns and violoncello[1]
- Nocturne No. 3 for two violins, two oboes, two horns, alto and bass[1]
- Nocturne No. 4 Quartet for two violins, alto and bass[1]
Gallery
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Title page to Six Variations for guitar and violin
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First three variations of Six Variations for guitar and violin
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Second three variations of Six Variations for guitar and violin
External links
- Worldcat list of one work
- Book, New historical-biographical lexicon of Tonkünstler (1813), third volume. Page 293 of ebook (page number 567 in original book) has list of Neuhauser's works. Lists him as alive now (the year was 1813).
- Bio from 1856 based on the above Tonkünstler book. Page 255.
- Bibliography with books containing information about Neuhauser.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bone, Philip J. (1914). The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments. London: Schott & Company. p. 224.
- ^ a b c Eberl, Gubert (September 2014). Klaus Karl und die Entwicklung der Melodiegitarre in der Volksmusik [Klaus Karl and the development of the melody guitar in folk music] (PDF) (Thesis). Linz: Anton Bruckner Private University. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
[translation:Around 1800, Vienna became a center of classical guitar. Numerous virtuosos from various rural regions settled there and incorporated the melodies from their homeland into their compositions...In the 19th century, there was hardly a resident guitarist in Austria who did not publish at least one Ländler edition (usually six, twelve or twenty-four pieces per collection). Famous examples are Andreas Traeg, Leopold Neuhauser and Simon Molitor...the decline of the Viennese guitar scene from 1850 was unstoppable]
- ^ Wölki, Konrad (1984). Geschichte der Mandoline [History of the Mandolin]. Translated by Harris, Keith. Arlington, Virginia: Plucked String. p. 12.