Hummel Note
Research notes of composer Hummel
The life of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
8. Happy Weimar era (2)
Since Hummel became Kapellmeister of Weimar, the repertoire has changed, focusing on Mozart, but also works by important composers of the past, as well as more recent operas by Rossini, Aubert, Meyerbeer, Hélévy, Spohr and Bellini. It became like this.
Hummel used his annual vacations to organize concert tours throughout Europe.
1820 was a concert tour from Prague to Vienna, where he performed Hummel's earlier (unpublished and unknown) works.
In 1821 he went to Berlin and performed in front of King Friedrich of Prussia. In addition, the opera composer who served as a music director in this cityspontiniI interacted with
In 1822 Hummel went on a concert tour to Russia, visiting St. Petersburg and Moscow. Here, the pianist Vartoso, who was from Ireland and was a student of Clementi:John FieldI deepened my friendship with him and enjoyed playing with him. Hummel was inspired by Field's nocturnes, and Field was influenced by Hummel's flamboyant double trills and passages. In 1823, he traveled to England, where his performance at the Royal Court in London caused a great frenzy.
Returning from London was via Holland, but he was shocked and annoyed that pirated copies of his work were being circulated in various major cities. This was the impetus for Hummel to work towards establishing copyright.
Nocturnes by J. Field
Even in places like Weimar, where art and music were understood, problems arose. He submitted a number of questions to Karl Stromeyer, the Weimar administrator at the time. On the other hand, however, Hummel was an energetic theater director who did not have to deal with 'bad' operas, and was given the ever-controversial tempo control. Hummel changed the repertoire, with Mozart as the main, works by important composers of the past, andRossini,Aubert,meyerbeer,Alevi,Spohr,BelliniOther newer operas were also picked up. During his tours, Hummel met and hired talented foreign singers, which brought considerable success to the production of these operas.
We also strive to invite famous musicians to listen to the latest music and performances.In Weimar, he created an environment in which he could do so.
worldwide in 1829Violinist:Niccolo PaganiniA representative example is the invitation fromHe hosted and conducted concerts by musicians, as well as private parties.
Even though his orchestra wasn't that big (5, 5, 2, 2, 2 strings each).With two wind instruments each, we were able to accumulate a great deal of skill.
Weimar had both Protestant and Catholic churches and believers.Hummel did not compose new church music. But EsterhaHe has published a lot of church music from his time.
As for composing activities, in addition to works for his own concert tours,cantata for a meeting of the Masonic Lodge attended by the publisher
He received commissions to arrange overtures, symphonies and concertos by various composers, as well as arrangements of Scottish folk songs for George Thomson in Edinburgh. It can be said that Hummel was a professional writer, unlike Beethoven.
[Introduction to recording] ■Fantasia "Memories of Paganini" in C major, WoO.8 (S.190)
[Introduction of recording sound source] Gluck (Arranged by Hummel) / OperaOverture to "Ifigenie of Toryed"
From the latter half of the 1820s, the number of his own new works decreased sharply as he worked on large projects. What he devoted most of his time and imagination to was writing a book on piano playing, and he was immersed in this work to the point of refusing a composition request from the Paris Opera. In any case, however, the libretto did not seem to interest Hummel. As soon as "Theory and Practice of Piano Playing" was published in 1828, it spread as a bible throughout Europe.
The other is a campaign to completely eliminate unscrupulous publishers and piracy, which will result in the first ever music copyright movement. Hummel knew firsthand how much revenue piracy was robbing writers of. He also communicated with Beethoven and others about this matter through letters.