Eduard Tauwitz

Eduard Tauwitz (21 January 1812 – 26 July 1894) was a German composer and a native of Glatz, Prussian Silesia.[1]

Eduard Tauwitz
Born	(1812-01-21)21 January 1812 Glatz, Prussian Silesia
Died	26 July 1894(1894-07-26) (aged 82) Prague, Austria-Hungary
Burial place	Olšany Cemetery 50.080556°N 14.470556°E / 50.080556; 14.470556

While studying law at the University of Breslau, he devoted himself to music under the direction of organist Franz Wolf and music director Johann Theodor Mosewius and took charge of the students' choral society (Akademischer Gesangverein). Having decided not to follow a juridical career, he left Breslau in 1837 to direct the orchestra of a theater in Vilnius. In 1840 he went in the same capacity to Riga, but in 1843 returned to Breslau and two years later accepted a similar position in Prague, where he also taught music. After the death of Leopold Zvonař, he succeeded him as the director of the Žofín Academy, a music school for women.[2][3]

Tauwitz wrote over a thousand compositions,[4] and the following songs are worthy of special mention: Zwölf Soldatenlieder für Vier- und Fünfstimmigen Männergesang and Zweiundzwanzig Banner- und Schwertlieder für Vierstimmigen Männergesang.[5] He also composed three operettas: Schmolke und Bakel, Bradamante and Trilby.[6]

Tauwitz died on 26 July 1894 in Prague, Austria-Hungary,[2] and was buried in the Olšany Cemetery under a white marble tombstone designed by sculptor Ignác Weinrich.[7]

Notes and references

1. Bohadlo, Stanislav (2001). "Eduard Tauwitz' Notizbuch" [Eduard Tauwitz' Notebook]. In Jakubcová, Alena; Maidl, Václav; Ludvová, Jitka (eds.). Deutschsprachiges Theater in Prag: Begegnungen der Sprachen und Kulturen [German-speaking Theater in Prague: Encounters of Languages and Cultures] (in German). Prague: Divadelní ústav. pp. 403–405. ISBN 978-80-7008-111-2. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
2.  Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Tauwitz, Eduard". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
3. Černušák, Gracian; Nováček, Zdenko; Štědroň, Bohumír, eds. (1963). Československý hudební slovník : osob a institucí. Sv, 2, M-Ž [Czechoslovak Dictionary of Music: Individuals and Institutions, vol. 2, M-Ž] (in Czech). Prague: Státní hudební nakladatelství.
4. Meyerbeer, Giacomo; Letellier, Robert Ignatius (1999). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791-1839. Madison, NJ, USA: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8386-3789-0. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
5. Sander, Constantin (1867). Catalog des Musikalien-Verlages von F. E. C. Leuckart [Catalog of Music Publishers at F.E.C. Leuckart] (in German). Breslau. pp. 123–125. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
6. Green, Janet M. (1908). Hubbard, William Lines (ed.). The American History and Encyclopedia of Music: Musical biographies. Irving Squire. pp. 379–380. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
7. "Umělecká díla - Eduard Tauwitz" [Artwork- Eduard Tauwitz]. SPH Adopce (in Czech). 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2016. Hrob Eduarda Tauwitze (21.1.1812 - 26.7.1894), skladatele, sbormistra a kapelníka orchestru Stavovského divadla, je cenný především svým unikátním a málo známým signovaným náhrobkem z bílého mramoru od sochaře Ignáce Weinricha (1856 - 1916) [...] Olšanské hřbitovy, V, 23, 111

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Tauwitz, Eduard". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.