Ignaz Lachner
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2 Lieder, Op.402 Stücke, Op.663 Charakterstücke, Op.833 Leichte Sonaten, Op.383 Morceaux de salon, Op.933 Sonates faciles et brillantes, Opp.41-433 Sonatinas, Op.903 Sonatinas, Op.923 Stücke, Op.594 Duos, Op.108A
An die Entfernte, Op.23D
Der Ju-SchroaDie gute alte Zeit, Op.77G
Gesänge aus der AlpensceneL
LoreleyN
Notturno, Op.37P
Piano Sonata, Op.20Piano Trio No.1, Op.37Piano Trio No.2, Op.45Piano Trio No.3, Op.58Piano Trio No.4, Op.89Piano Trio, Op.102Piano Trio, Op.103S
Sonata for Piano 4-hands, Op.33String Quartet in B-flat majorString Quartet No.1, Op.43String Quartet No.2, Op.51String Quartet No.4, Op.74String Quartet No.5, Op.104String Quartet No.6, Op.105String Quartet, Op.106V
Violin Quartet, Op.107Ü
Überall Du, Op.17WikipediaIgnaz Lachner (11 September 1807 – 24 February 1895) was a German composer and conductor.
Lachner was born into a musical family at Rain am Lech. He was the second of the three famous Lachner brothers. Lachner's brothers
Franz and
Vinzenz were also composers. His older brother Franz was the best known, having heavily traded on his youthful friendship with
Franz Schubert, certainly more than Ignaz who also knew Schubert. Ignaz was taught (as were the others) organ, piano and violin. Upon the latter instrument, he was somewhat of a prodigy, but despite this, his father insisted he become a teacher. After his father’s death, he studied violin with
Bernhard Molique, a violin virtuoso and then joined his brother Franz in Vienna, where he too befriended and was influenced by Schubert.
Haydn,
Mozart and
Beethoven were also influences.
In 1826, he became organist at the Reformed Church in Vienna and then a member of the orchestra at the Hofoperntheater. He was appointed a Music Director in Stuttgart in 1831 and soon thereafter in Munich. From 1853, Lachner served as a Kapellmeister in Hamburg and moved into the same position again in 1861 at the Stadttheater in Frankfurt, from which he retired in 1875. He died in Hanover.
Although primarily known as a conductor, Lachner composed a considerable amount of music in almost every genre. Among his best known and most successful compositions was his Alpine Scenes, Das letzte Fensterln, although critics, such as Wilhelm Altmann, today generally consider his chamber music to be his best work. Of these, his six trios for the unusual combination of violin, viola and piano were among the best ever written for this combination and his seven string quartets achieved considerable popularity in their time by virtue of their fetching melodies and effective harmonies. Several of the quartets and all of the piano trios have been recorded.
Concertino in F major for Horn, Bassoon & Orchestra, Op 43(?) (1850)