Victor E. Nessler
Viktor (or Victor) Ernst Nessler (28 January 1841 – 28 May 1890) was an Alsatian composer who worked mainly in Leipzig. Nessler was born at Baldenheim near Sélestat, Alsace. At Strasbourg he began his university career with the study of theology, but he concluded it with the production of a light opera entitled Fleurette (1864). To complete his knowledge of music Nessler went to Leipzig to study with Moritz Hauptmann. In 1870, he was appointed chorus master and later conductor of the Caroltheater, Leipzig. His musically conservative, mock-Gothic, fairy-tale operas, notably Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (The Pied Piper of Hamelin) (1879) and Der Trompeter von Säkkingen (1884), based on the famous poem by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, were very popular in the 19th century. The great conductor Artur Nikisch composed an orchestral arrangement of material from Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. Besides a number of other operas, Nessler wrote many songs and choral works; but it is with the Trompeter von Säkkingen that his name is most closely associated. In 1895 a monument to him by the sculptor Alfred Marzolff was erected in Strasbourg, the place of his death. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 28, 1841 (Baldenheim), Died May 28, 1890 (Strasbourg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings (Results 26-30 of 30 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 4159 | 10-in. | 9/30/1915 | The trumpeter of Sackingen : Parting song | Louis Katzman | Cornet solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4936 | 10-in. | 8/21/1916 | Es hat nicht sollen sein | Stetson Humphrey | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5191 | 10-in. | 12/4/1916 | Es hat nicht sollen sein | Arthur Middleton | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8154 | 10-in. | 8/1/1921 | Ah, what is man? | Robert C. Dyrenforth ; Robert Gayler | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | BLR3848 | 10-in. | 2/8/1928 | Behüt' dich Gott | Oskar Hackenberger ; Militar-Orchester | Band, with trumpet solo | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nessler, Victor E.," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108770.
Nessler, Victor E.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108770.
"Nessler, Victor E.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Nessler, Victor E. (Victor Ernst), 1841-1890 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89005541
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