Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) - Sinfonie à grand Orchestre (1820)

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Sigismund Neukomm! 🎺🎻 Composer: Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) Work: Sinfonie (Es-Dur) à grand Orchestre, Oeuvre 37 (1820) Performers: Orquestra Barroca Juiz de Fοrа; Luіs Otávіο Sаntοs (conductor) Sinfonie à grand Orchestre (1820) 1. Andante maestoso - Allegro 0:00 2. Minuetto 7:34 3. (untitled) 12:58 4. Allegro 18:55 Drawing: Louis Glackens (1866-1933) - A bad outlook for harmony HD image: Drawing: Julius Schnorr (1826-1855) - Bildnis des Komponisten Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm HD image: Further info: Listen free: No available --- Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm (Salzburg, 10 July 1778 - Paris, 3 April 1858) Austrian composer, pianist and scholar. His father, David Neukomm (1749-1805), was a schoolmaster and teacher in a teacher training college; his mother, Cordula (née Rieder, 1753-1814), who was related to Michael Haydn, was a singer in the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg. He began his musical studies when he was 7, with Franz Xaver Weissauer, the Salzburg Cathedral organist, then studied theory with Michael Haydn. He also took courses in philosophy and mathematics at the University there, being made honorary organist of the University church () and chorus master of the court theater (1796). He continued his studies in Vienna with Joseph Haydn (1797-1804), after which he was active as a teacher. After serving as conductor of the German Theater in St. Petersburg (1804-08), he went to Paris, where he befriended Cherubini, Gossec, Gretry, Monsigny, and other prominent musicians. He was pianist to Prince Talleyrand, in which capacity he went to the Congress of Vienna (1814), where his Requiem in C minor in memory of Louis XVI was given (Jan. 21, 1815); that same year he was ennobled by Louis XVII and was made Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur. He was taken to Rio de Janeiro by the Duke of Luxembourg (1816), and became active at the court of John VI of Portugal; after the outbreak of the revolution (1821), he accompanied John VI to Lisbon, and then returned to Paris. After again serving Talleyrand, he traveled widely (from 1826); visited England in 1829, and thereafter made frequent trips between London and Paris. Many of his articles appeared in the Revue et Gazette Musicak de Paris. His autobiography was published as Esquisses biographiques de Sigismond Neukomm (Paris, 1859). A prolific composer, he produced over 1300 works. These all demonstrate the solid Classical stylistic foundations that characterized his later compositions. His music, however, is best considered as part of the Classical trends of the 19th century. Elisabeth Neukomm (1789-1816), his sister, gained fame in Vienna as a soprano. One of his nephews, Edmond Neukomm (1840-1903), was a French writer on music.