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Otto Nicolai

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19th-century German composer and conductor
Otto Nicolai in 1842

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of theVienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version ofShakespeare's comedyThe Merry Wives of Windsor asDie lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composedlieder, works for orchestra,chorus,ensemble, and solo instruments.[1]

Biography

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Nicolai, a child prodigy, was born inKönigsberg,Prussia. He received his first musical education from his father, Carl Ernst Daniel Nicolai, who was also a composer and musical director. During his childhood his parents divorced, and while still a youth, early in June 1826, Nicolai ran away from his parents' "loveless" home,[2] taking refuge inStargard with a senior legal official called August Adler who treated the musical prodigy like a son and,[citation needed] when Nicolai was seventeen, sent him to Berlin to study withCarl Friedrich Zelter.[3]

After initial successes in Germany, including his first symphony (1831) and public concerts, he became musician to the Prussian embassy in Rome. When Verdi declined the libretto ofIl proscritto by the proprietors of La Scala in Milan, it was offered instead to Nicolai. Later, Nicolai refused a libretto by the same author, and it went to Verdi, whoseNabucco was his first early success. All of Nicolai's operas were originally written in Italian, the sole exception being his last and best known opera,The Merry Wives of Windsor, written in German. At one time he was even more popular in Italy than Verdi.[4]

During the early 1840s, Nicolai established himself as a major figure in the concert life of Vienna. In 1844 he was offered the position, vacated byFelix Mendelssohn, ofKapellmeister at theBerlin Cathedral; but he did not reestablish himself in Berlin until the last year of his life.[citation needed]

On 11 May 1849, two months after the premiere ofThe Merry Wives of Windsor, and only two days after his appointment asHofkapellmeister at theBerlin Staatsoper, he collapsed and died from a stroke. On the same day of his death, he was elected a member of theRoyal Prussian Academy of Arts.[citation needed]

Nicolai was portrayed byHans Nielsen in the 1940 filmFalstaff in Vienna.

Works

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Operas

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TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoCompositionPremière datePlace, theatre
La figlia abbandonata  1837unfinished 
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (given at the first performance as:Enrico II)melodramma serio2 actsFelice Romani1837–183826 November 1839Trieste,Teatro Grande
Il templariomelodramma3 actsGirolamo Maria Marini, afterWalter Scott1839–184011 February 1840Turin,Teatro Regio
Gildippe ed Odoardomelodramma3 actsTemistocle Solera184026 December 1840Genoa
Il proscritto 3 actsGaetano Rossi184113 March 1841Milan,La Scala
Die Heimkehr des Verbannten (revision ofIl proscritto)tragische Oper3 actsSiegfried Kapper18433 February 1844Vienna,Theater am Kärntnertor
Der Tempelritter (revision ofIl templario) 3 actsSiegfried Kapper184520 December 1845Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsorkomisch-phantastische Oper3 actsSalomon Hermann Mosenthal, afterWilliam Shakespeare,The Merry Wives of Windsor1845–18469 March 1849Berlin,Hofoper

Other

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  • Six four-part unaccompaniedlieder, Op. 6
  • Variazioni concertanti su motivi favoriti dell'operaLa sonnambula diBellini, Op. 26, forsoprano,horn and piano (or cello orclarinet) (republished in 2000 by edition mf)
  • Ecclesiastical Festival Overture on thechorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott", Op. 31
  • Pater noster, Op. 33, for two mixed choirs (SATB/SATB) a cappella with soloists (SATB/SATB). Published bySchott Music in 1999.
  • Der drittePsalm (Psalm 3) foralto solo. (Manuscript atLibrary of Congress.)
  • Six sonatas for two horns: from the Handel Knot-Farquharson Cousins ms (re(?)published by Edition Kunzelmann in 1977.)
  • Mass inD major (1832/1845). (Recorded on the label Koch Schwann in 1981, subsequently reissued on compact disc. Published by Augsburg : A. Böhm in 1986.)
  • Te Deum (1832);Psalm 97, "Der Herr ist König";Psalm 31, "Herr, auf Dich traue ich"; "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" (psalm and liturgical settings recorded also on Koch Schwann. Te Deum was also recorded on Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft LPM 39,170 in 1966.) Psalms 31 & 97 published by Bote & Bock of Berlin in 1977.
  • Two symphonies: No. 0 (1831) and No. 1 in D (1835, rev. 1845)
  • Weihnachtsouverture (Christmas overture) (1833); for orchestra, organ and mixed choir, based on the choral “Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her”.
  • Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra in Eb major (1835)

Songs and duets

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  • Wenn sanft des Abends, Op. 2a
  • Der Schäfer im Mai /Männersinn, Op. 3
  • Abschied, Op. 13
  • Auf ewig dein, Op. 14
  • Wie der Tag mir schleicht /Willkommen du Gottes Sonne /Die Schwalbe, Op. 15
  • Lebewohl /An die Entfernte /Randino /Das treue Mädchen, Op. 16
  • Schlafendes Herzenssöhnchen, Op. 19
  • Rastlose Liebe, Op. 23
  • Il duolo d'amore /Se tranquillo a te d'accanto /Il desiderio al lido, Op. 24
  • Die Träne, Op. 30
  • Die Beruhigung /Der getreue Bub /Stürm, stürm, du Winterwind, Op. 34
  • Der Kuckuck /Flohjammer /Du bist zu klein, mein Hänselein, Op. 35
  • Herbstlied, Op. 37

Works for piano

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  • Six danses brillantes
  • Rondo capriccioso
  • Sonata in D minor, Op. 27
  • Mondwalzer
  • EtudeAdieu à Liszt, Op. 28
  • 3 Etudes, Op. 40

References

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Notes

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  1. ^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)."Nicolaï, Otto" .Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 662.
  2. ^Biographical on-line noteArchived 13 February 2008 at theWayback Machine(in German)
  3. ^Boyden, Matthew; Kimberley, Nick (2002).The Rough Guide to Opera. Rough Guides. p. 162.ISBN 978-1-85828-749-2.After a difficult childhood Nicolai ran away from home to Berlin where, with the support of a wealthy patron, he was accepted as a pupil by the song composer Carl Friedrich Zelter.
  4. ^John Cargher. "The Italian job",ABC Radio 24 Hours, November 2001, p. 42

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