Alexander von Fielitz
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Chicago Musical College
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Das stille Dorf ("The Silent Village", opera, 1900)
Toskanischen Lieder ("Tuscan songs")
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Alexander von Fielitz (December 28, 1860 – July 29, 1930) was a German composer.
Life and work
Fielitz studied with Julius Schulhoff and Edmund Kretschmer in Dresden. He worked as a theater conductor in Zurich, Lübeck, and Leipzig, and afterwards taught for several years at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. In 1905 he became a teacher at the Chicago Musical College and in 1906 he became the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From 1908 he again taught at the Stern Conservatory, which he headed from 1915.
Compositions
Works
Alexander von Fielitz, Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee. ("Eliland. A song from the Chiemsee."). Poem by Karl Stieler. Breitkopf & Härtel, Berlin, Leipzig, Brussels, 1900.
References
- {{cite web|url=http://grandemusica.net/musical-biographies-f/fielitz-alexander-von |title=Fielitz, Alexander von |publisher=Grande Musica |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.literaturportal-bayern.de/nachlaesse?task=lpbestate.default&id=241 |title=Alexander von Fielitz |publisher=Literaturportal Bayern |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jFoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Alexander+von+Fielitz%22 |title=Berlin in Geschichte und Gegenwart |first=Jürgen |last=Wetzel |date=2000 |publisher=Landesarchiv Berlin |language=German |pages=72–75|isbn=9783786123545 }}
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Alexander von Fielitz}}
- {{DNB-Portal|116500395}}
- Works by Alexander von Fielitz at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) / Petrucci Music Library
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Category:German conductors (music)
Category:German male conductors (music)
Category:German male songwriters