Franz danzi biography

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Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and.
Danzi was a prolific composer of operas, church music, lieder, symphonies, and concerti, it is for his chamber music, particularly for woodwind ensemble, that.

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Franz Danzi

Schwetzingen ( 1763 ) - Karlsruhe ( 1826 )

German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died.

Danzi studied with his father and with Georg Joseph Vogler before he joined the superlative orchestra of the elector Karl Theodor in 1778 as a teenager.

In 1780 the first of his woodwind compositions was published at Mannheim. After an apprenticeship with the small theater orchestra left in Mannheim, he rejoined the main court in Munich as principal cellist—taking his father’s position—in 1784.

By 1798, once more in Munich, he rose to the position of assistant Kapellmeister in one of the most important musical centers of Europe, but in 1807, unhappy at the treatment he received at court and despairing of any further advancement, he left Munich to be Kapellmeister in the smaller and less important Stuttgart court of Frederick I of Württemberg, the new king of Württemberg. After five years he moved again to Karlsruhe, where

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Danzi, Franz

Born: 15.05.1763
Died: 13.04.1826
deutscher Komponist, Dirigent und Cellist

Franz Danzi was born in Mannheim. His father Innocenz was the solo cellist of the famous Mannheim court orchestra, his uncle the composer and concertmaster Carl Toeschi. Franz Danzi's musical talent became apparent at an early age. Taught by his father in singing, violoncello and piano, he joined the court orchestra as a cellist at the age of fifteen. At the age of seventeen he was also engaged as a r�p�titeur at the Court Opera. His compositional talent was also recognised early on and encouraged by none other than the famous "Abbe" Vogler (in 1780 the opera "Azakia", later in Munich "Die Mitternachtsstunde", "Der Kuss" and "Iphigenie". Due to succession, Elector Karl Theodor moved his court and many musicians, including Innocenz Danzi, to Munich. In 1783 Innocenz was retired and Franz was appointed to his position, so at the age of twenty he was already solo cellist in the court orchestra.

In 1791 his life changed fundamentally. After marrying the famous singer Margarethe Marchand, h

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Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 - April 13, 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died.

Danzi lived at a significant time in the history of European concert music. His career, spanning the transition from the late Classical to the early Romantic styles, coincided with the origin of much of the music that lives in our concert halls and is familiar to contemporary classical-music audiences. As a young man he knew Mozart, whom he revered; he was a contemporary of Beethoven, about whom he—like many of his generation—had strong but strongly mixed feelings; and he was a mentor for the young Weber, whose music he respected and promoted.

Born in Schwetzingen and raised in Mannheim, Danzi studied with his father and with Georg Joseph Vogler before he joined the superlative orchestra of the elector Karl Theodor in 1778 as a teenager. In 1780 the first of his woodwind compositions was published at Mannheim. His father, principal