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Wenzel Müller

{{Short description|Austrian composer and conductor}}

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Wenzel Müller (26 September 1767 – 3 August 1835) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He is regarded as the most prolific opera composer of all time with his 166 operas.Towers, John. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/907922 "Who composed the greatest number of operas?"] The Musical Times, 1 August 1911, p. 527 {{subscription required}}

Life and career

Müller was born in Markt Türnau, in Moravia.{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/index.php?option=com_mdictionary&action=record_detail&id=3219|title=Český hudební slovník|website=Ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz|accessdate=19 May 2018}} He studied with Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and performed as a theatre musician in his youth. In 1786 he became Kapellmeister at the Theater in der Leopoldstadt in Leopoldstadt, Vienna. After several years at the German theatre in Prague from 1807 until 1813, he returned to Leopoldstadt, where he worked until 1830. Under his leadership, the theatre became one of the most important venues in Viennese musical life. He died in Baden bei Wien.

He was a popular and prolific composer, producing more than 250 works. Although he wrote several popular stage works (mostly Singspiele), his art songs are his enduring legacy. Often possessing witty music and lyrics or expressing a great deal of tenderness, Müller's songs were immensely popular and some of the works he wrote with Ferdinand Raimund remain in the Viennese repertory. His opera {{lang|de|Die Schwestern von Prag}} provided the theme for Beethoven's "Kakadu Variations" for piano trio, Opus 121a. He is said to have composed what has been falsely known as Mozart's Twelfth Mass, K. Anh. 232, the Missa in G major K. Anh. 232 (C1.04).{{cite book|title=Opus Ultimum: The Story of the Mozart Requiem|first=Daniel N.|last=Leeson|year=2004|pages=99–100|publisher=Algora |isbn=978-0-87586-329-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DdWTMSn_l0C}}

Müller was married twice, and his second wife was Magdalena Valley Reining. He had children named Therese (1791–1876), Caroline (1814–1868), Ottilia (1816–1817), Carl (born 1815) and Joseph (born 1816), all of whom became opera singers.{{cite web |url=http://www.weber-gesamtausgabe.de/en/A000692|title=Grünbaum, Therese|accessdate=29 February 2012}} On 3 August 1835, Müller died of natural causes in Baden bei Wien, Austria, at the age of 67.

Stage works

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!Title!!Genre!!Sub­divisions!!Libretto!!Première date!!Place, theatre

Harlekin auf dem Parade Beth oder Nach dem Schlimmen folgt das Gutegroße Pantomime {{Hs|Baumann}}Anton Baumann{{Hs|1784}}1784; 14 May 1790Brno; Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Sonnenfest}}Das Sonnenfest der Braminenheroisch-komisches Singspiel2 acts{{Hs|Hensler}}Karl Friedrich Hensler{{Hs|1790-09-09}}{{Nowrap|9 September 1790}}Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Ill|Kaspar der Fagottist oder Die Zauberzither|de|Der Fagottist}}Singspiel3 acts{{Hs|Perinet}}Joachim Perinet{{Hs|1791-06-08}}8 June 1791Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|neue}}Das neue SonntagskindSingspiel2 acts{{Hs|Perinet}}Joachim Perinet, after Philipp Hafner{{Hs|1793-10-10}}10 October 1793Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Schwestern}}Die Schwestern von PragSingspiel2 acts{{Hs|Perinet}}Joachim Perinet, after Philipp Hafner{{Hs|1794-03-11}}11 March 1794Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|lustige}}Das lustige BeylagerSingspiel2 acts{{Hs|Perinet}}Joachim Perinet, after Philipp Hafner{{Hs|1797-02-14}}14 February 1797Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Teufels}}Die Teufels Mühle am WienerbergSchauspiel mit Gesang4 acts{{Hs|Hensler}}Carl Friedrich Hensler/Leopold Huber{{Hs|1799-11-12}}12 November 1799Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Belagerung}}Die Belagerung von Ypsilon oder Evakathel und SchnudiKarikaturoperette2 acts{{Hs|Perinet}}Joachim Perinet, after Philipp Hafner{{Hs|1804-05-04}}4 May 1804Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
JavimaOper3 acts {{Hs|1807-05-21}}21 May 1807 PragueVienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
SamsonMelodram3 acts{{Hs|Schuster}}Joseph Anton Schuster{{Hs|1808}}1808Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
Simon Plattkopf, der UnsichtbareSingspiel1 act{{Hs|Costenoble}}Karl Ludwig Costenoble{{Hs|1809}}1809Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Wunderlampe}}Die WunderlampeZauberoper4 acts{{Hs|Gleich}}Josef Alois Gleich{{Hs|1810}}1810Prague
{{Hs|Fiaker}}Der Fiaker al Marquiskomische Oper3 actsAdolf Bäuerle{{Hs|1816-02-10}}10 February 1816Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
Aline oder Wien in einem andern WelttheilZauberoper3 acts{{Hs|Bäuerle}}Adolf Bäuerle{{Hs|1822-10-09}}9 October 1822Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Barometer}}Der Barometermacher auf der ZauberinselZauberposse2 acts{{Hs|Raimund}}Ferdinand Raimund{{Hs|1823-12-18}}18 December 1823Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|schwarze}}Der schwarze See oder Der Blasebalgmacher und der GeistZauberspiel2 actsLenz?{{Hs|1825-02-04}}4 February 1825Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Josef}}Herr Josef und Frau BaberlPosse3 actsGleich{{Hs|1826-05-11}}11 May 1826Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|gefesselte}}Die gefesselte PhantasieZauberspiel2 acts{{Hs|Raimund}}Ferdinand Raimund{{Hs|1828-01-08}}8 January 1828Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt
{{Hs|Alpen}}Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeindromantisch-komisches Zauberspiel2 acts{{Hs|Raimund}}Ferdinand Raimund{{Hs|1828-10-17}}17 October 1828Vienna, Theater in der Leopoldstadt

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External links

  • [http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.m/m908280.htm Short biography] at aieou {{in lang|de}}
  • [http://www.operone.de/komponist/mueller.html Selected works]
  • {{ChoralWiki|Wenzel Müller}}
  • {{IMSLP|id=Müller, Wenzel}}
  • {{MutopiaComposer|MuellerW}}
  • {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Müller, Wenzel|year=1905 |short=x}}

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