Rustic wedding symphony by karl goldmark biography

  • The symphony was premiered in Vienna on 5 March 1876, conducted by Hans Richter.
  • Hungarian by birth, Karl Goldmark made his principal career in Vienna after earlier years during which he earned his living as a violinist in theatre orchestras.
  • Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, – Vienna, 2 January 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer.

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    GOLDMARK, Carl (Karoly, Karl) (b.Keszthely, 18 May 1830; d.Vienna, 2 January 1915)

    Goldmark, the centenary of whose death fell on 2 January, was one of the 20 children of a small-town Jewish cantor in Hungary and his early years were marked by exceptional struggle and determination.  Even on the violin, his first instrument, he was unable to take lessons until the age of eleven.  As a composer he was almost entirely self-taught, and only became established after settling permanently in Vienna at the age of 30.

    His works include six operas, two symphonies and ten large-scale chamber works, though only the violin concerto and the Rustic Wedding symphony are performed at all frequently today.  The second edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1904-1910) reflected contemporary opinion in stating, “Goldmark’s main characteristics are his complete mastery over every kind of musical effect, his wealth of melodic inventio

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    Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Symphony by Karl Goldmark

    Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26 (Ländliche Hochzeit) is a symphony in E-flat major by Karl Goldmark, written in 1875,[1] a year before his renowned Violin Concerto No. 1. The symphony was premiered in Vienna on 5 March 1876, conducted by Hans Richter.[2]Johannes Brahms, who was a frequent walking companion of Goldmark's, and whose own Symphony No. 1 was not premiered until November 1876, told him "That is the best thing you have done; clear-cut and faultless, it sprang into being a finished thing, like Minerva from the head of Jupiter".[3] Its first American performance was at a New York Philharmonic Society concert, conducted by Theodore Thomas on 13 January 1877.[3]

    Structure

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    The work does not conform to the standard structure of a symphony, and it could just be named a Suite. It is in five movements rather than the usual four, which is same as Beethoven's Pastoral Sympho