Clemens von und zu Franckenstein
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composer, studying in Vienna, Austria, and later in Munich, Germany, with Ludwig Thuille
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and at the Hoch Conservatory
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in Frankfurt with Iwan Knorr
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. After a visit to the USA he conducted the Moody-Manners Opera Company in England from 1902-1907, then worked at the court theatres of Wiesbaden
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and Berlin
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, becoming general director of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (1912-1918 and 1924-1934), until the court theaters were abolished after the First World War. He produced the Munich Opera Festival
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through 1934 when he was forced out by Nazi prohibitions
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.
Franckenstein was born in Wiesentheid
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, Germany
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to Karl Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (1831-1898) and Elma Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1841-1884). His brother was Austrian Ambassador
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to England, Georg von und zu Franckenstein
Georg von und zu Franckenstein
Georg Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein was the eldest son of Karl Baron von und zu Franckenstein and his wife, Elma née Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid and a member of the Franckenstein family.thumb|Sir George FranckensteinHis younger brother was the composer and General Intendant of Munich...
(1878-1953). Georg's son, actor Clement von Franckenstein (b. 1944), is his nephew.
Franckenstein died in Hechendorf am Pilsensee
Seefeld, Bavaria
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, Oberbayern, Germany
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at age 67.
Stage Works
- Griseldis. Oper in 3 Akten (LibrettoLibrettoA libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
: Oskar Mayer) - Fortunatus. Oper in 3 Akten (Libretto : Jakob WassermannJakob WassermannJakob Wassermann was a Jewish-German writer and novelist.- Life :Born in Fürth, Wassermann was the son of a shopkeeper and lost his mother at an early age. He showed literary interest early and published various pieces in small newspapers...
) - Rahab. Oper in 1 Akt (Libretto: Oskar Mayer)
- Die Biene. Pantomime (Libretto: Hugo von HofmannsthalHugo von HofmannsthalHugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal ; , was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.-Early life:...
) - Li-Tai-Pe, der Kaisers Dichter. Oper in 3 Akten, Op. 43 (1920) (Libretto: Rudolf LotharRudolf LotharRudolf Lothar [rú:dolf ló:tar] was a Hungarian-born Austrian writer, playwright, critic and essayist.- Literary works :* 1891 Der verschleierte König, drama...
)
Orchestral Works
- Rhapsodie für Orchester op. 47.
- Variations on a theme by Meyerbeer
- Dance suite
- Serenade
- Praeludium
- Symphonic suite
- Das alte Lied
- Four dances
- Festival Prelude
Further reading
- McCredie, Andrew D., Clemens von Franckenstein (1875-1942). A German Associate of the English Frankfort Group. The Ochesterlied and his settings from Hans Bethge's "Die chinesische Flöte", in Miscellanea Musicologica [Adelaide Studies in Musicology, Vol. 13], 1988.
- McCredie, Andrew D., Clemens von Franckenstein, Tutzing: Schneider, 1992 (in German) [Series: Komponisten in Bayern, Vol. 26], ISSN 0937583X.
- McCredie, Andrew D., The comparative case histories of Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Clemens von Frankenstein and Paul von Klenau as variant examples of Innere Emigration: Problems and issues for German music historiography of the period 1918-1945. in: Glazba, ideje i drustvo: Svecani zbornik za Ivana Supicica/Music, ideas, and society: Essays in honour of Ivan Supicic, Zagreb, Croatia: Hrvatsko Muzikolosko Drustvo 1993, pp. 215-235 (in English).
- Landfester, Ulrike, Briefwechsel mit Clemens von Franckenstein [The correspondence with Clemens von Franckenstein: 1894-1928.], Freiburg im Breisgau: Rombach 1998, ISBN 3793091821.