Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858)
- Sinfonie (Es-Dur) à grand Orchestre, Oeuvre 37 (1820)
Performers: Orquestra Barroca Juiz de Fοrа; Luіs Otávіο Sаntοs (conductor)
Further info: Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) - Grand concerto, Op.12
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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
(c.1792) 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.
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