1824–74, German The German composer Peter Cornelius first intended to be an actor, but instead chose music after studying in Mainz, his home town, and Berlin. In 1852, Cornelius went to Weimar, where he encountered Liszt, then Kapellmeister to the grand duke. While admiring him, Cornelius was wary of the influence of Wagner ...
(Pa’-ter Kôr-nal’-yoos) 1824–74 German composer Although gifted as an actor, Cornelius studied music in Berlin and joined Liszt’s circle in Weimar (1852), alongside Bülow, Joachim and others. He was a vociferous literary champion of the ‘New German School’ of Liszt and Wagner, yet his own works are surprisingly un-Wagnerian. They include many attractive Lieder, to his own poetry ...
, Ludwigsburg Festival; Wolfgang Gönnenwein, conductor; ArtHaus Musik 100 188 and 189; Soloists: Ulrike Sonntag (Pamina), Andrea Frei (Queen of Night), Deon van der Walt (Tamino), Thomas Mohr (Papageno), Cornelius Hauptmann (Sarastro) Personalities | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Classical Era | Opera ...
and difficulties with the libretto, which he wrote himself. Introduction | High Romantic | Opera Major Operas | Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin | High Romantic Personalities | Peter Cornelius | High Romantic | Opera ...
B flat, Poème, Poème de l’amour et de la mer, soloists, Montreal SO (cond) Charles Dutoit (Decca) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Peter Cornelius | Late Romantic | Classical ...
music-making, based on improvisation, collaboration or both. While the Fluxus movement took up the threads of the Dadaist heritage, the Scratch Orchestra, founded in London by Cornelius Cardew (1936–81), brought together amateurs and professionals under the banner of revolutionary politics. Co-operation was also a feature of such early minimalist compositions as In C (1964) by Terry Riley ...
On 4 January, Keith Moon attended the opening of a nightclub in Hertfordshire. When he was leaving, a group of youths began kicking his car. The driver, Cornelius ‘Neil’ Boland, jumped out to clear a pathway and was knocked to the ground. Accounts vary as to the exact circumstances, but the car accelerated, dragging Boland ...
principles of the New German School survived and were dramatically typified by the pyrotechnics of Liszt’s piano and other music. Adherents of the New German School included not only Peter Cornelius, but the pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow (1830–94), composer Felix Draeseke (1835–1913) and Richard Wagner. The Voice | Convenienze | High Romantic | Opera ...
in the spirit of the classical style. During his sojourn in Weimar (1848–61), Liszt had gathered around him several musicians who thought of themselves as progressives, including Bülow and Cornelius, and had conducted performances of new works by Berlioz and Wagner which, along with his own symphonic poems, promoted and successfully established a new musical sensibility which ...
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