Anton Seidl Biography

Anton Seidl, Musician

Occup.	Musician
From	Hungary
Born	May 7, 1850 Pest, Hungary
Died	March 28, 1898 New York City, United States
Aged	47 years

Anton Seidl was born upon May 7, 1850, in Pest, Hungary, which is now part of Budapest. Seidl's payments to songs, as a conductor and Wagnerian specialist, have actually been of terrific value. He was a leading number in the American as well as European music scenes, working very closely with many famous musicians and also composers.

Early Life and Education
Seidl was birthed right into a music family members; his dad was an oboist, and also his mother was a pianist. Recognizing their boy's musical talent, Seidl's moms and dads ensured he got a solid music education and learning. He began examining piano, violin, and also other instruments from an early age, later on attending the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany, where he concentrated on piano and also make-up.

In 1868, Seidl went to Munich to examine concept and structure with the renowned author and conductor Franz Wüllner. It was during this time in Munich that Seidl first ran into the songs of Richard Wagner, which would substantially influence his occupation.

Link with Wagner and Career in Europe
Seidl's dedication to Wagner's music led to a conference with the composer in 1872, who swiftly acknowledged his enthusiasm as well as abilities, taking him on as an aide. Over the following 8 years, he worked carefully with Wagner in various duties, including aide conductor, copyist, and personal assistant. This duration allowed Seidl to gain vital knowledge and also experience, which he would make use of throughout his career.

In 1879, Seidl left Wagner's team as well as accepted a position as a conductor at the Breslau Opera in Germany. Two years later on, he returned to Wagner's circle to aid in the preparations for the best of the huge opera "Parsifal" at the Bayreuth Festival. Following this, he came to be the primary conductor at the Leipzig City Theatre for a couple of years.

Career in the United States
In 1885, Seidl received an invite from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York to become its German repertoire conductor, a position he approved enthusiastically. Along with championing the works of Wagner, he also made significant contributions to the repertoire by presenting new jobs by European composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, as well as Antonín Dvořák. Under his assistance, the Metropolitan Opera enjoyed a reputation for fantastic efficiencies as well as cutting-edge programming.

Seidl likewise carried out harmony concerts in New York (for the New York Philharmonic as well as Seidl Orchestra), as well as he was instrumental in supporting the development of the Brooklyn Institute Philharmonic Society.

In 1891, Seidl left the Metropolitan Opera as well as became the conductor of the fledgling New York Philharmonic Orchestra, where he remained to promote the songs of Wagner and also various other modern composers.

Personal Life as well as Death
Seidl married the Viennese soprano Auguste Kraus-Seidl in 1883. Sharing a passion for songs, the pair frequently executed together on stage, with Auguste vocal singing the soprano roles in her spouse's manufacturings.

Anton Seidl's life was unfortunately stopped due to his sudden death on March 28, 1898, at the age of 47. The root cause of his fatality was attributed to septic endocarditis. His payments to the area of songs, specifically as a champ of Wagner's jobs, stay celebrated to today.

Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by Anton.

Related authors: Richard Strauss (Composer), Richard Wagner (Composer)

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12 Famous quotes by Anton Seidl

"The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed"

"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors"

"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude"

"America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study"

"I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis"

"The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure"

"Of course, experience strengthens one later"

"It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities"

"Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift"

"It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes"

"Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books"

"Composers are not all good conductors"