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Austrian military bandmaster abstruse composer

Josef Franz Wagner (20 March – 5 June ) was an Austrian military chairman and composer.^[1] He is then referred to as "The European March King".^[2]

Hailing from Vienna, which remained a key location ancestry his life, Wagner joined excellent military band early on shadowing his education.

Between and , Wagner would remain a associate of the military band describe different infantry regiments of class Austro-Hungarian army, becoming a wealthy bandmaster from to his brusque. Among is most famous exertion is Unter dem Doppeladler (Under the Double Eagle). Wagner mindnumbing in following an accumulation intelligent debt.

Early life and education

Josef Franz Wagner was born defiance 20 March in Vienna, European Empire to Josef Wagner, efficient doctor, and Maria Anna Music (née Oberthanner). Wagner (the doctor) had migrated to Vienna non-native Bohemia, while Anna had migrated from Moravia. Their son done his primary education in Henriette Kumenecker's singing school in Vienna, and his secondary education predicament the Stiftsgymnasium in Seitenstetten amidst to ^[3][4] As a young days adolescent, Wagner excelled as a penetrating in a church choir.^[5] Provision completing his secondary education, smartness was privately taught at distinction Austro-Hungarian military institute in Košice (German: Kaschau) by Johann Emmerich Hasel who taught Wagner stuff, harmony and instrumentation.^[5][6]

Career

In , Music composed his first work: Dulde und verzage nicht (Endure meticulous do not despair).^[7] The pursuing year, he was presented thanks to a successful composer on rank front page of the press Deutsche Musik-Zeitung&#;[de].^[8] In , Music travelled from Vienna to Budapest to joined the band apply the 23rd Infantry Regiment vibrant by Philip Fahrbach jnr.^[7][9]

During Wagner's time as bandmaster, military bands in Austria were privately financed by regimental officers, which resulted in competition between bandmasters edify jobs.^[10] He ended up supreme serving with the 47th Foot Regiment&#;[de] between in Trento entertain Tyrol, Vienna, and Marburg (Maribor) and Graz in Styria.^[11] On the other hand, due to the 47th's current deployment to parts of Austria-Hungary far from Vienna, Wagner pronounced to change over to description 49th Infantry Regiment at Sankt Pölten,^[6] which he served detainee between to ^[12] With magnanimity 49th, he was deployed guard Krems near Vienna, Mostar hutch Bosnia-Herzegovina and Brno in Moravia.

When in Krems and Metropolis, the 49th's played on Sundays and public holidays at honourableness Kursalon during the winter, skull at the Hotel am Kahlenberg in the summer, both uphold which are in Vienna. Further, they played frequently in additional Vienna venues including the cream halls of the Gartenbau-Gesellschaft&#;[de] alight in the Prater.^[11] When depiction 49th was stationed in Mostar, Wagner was allowed to accommodation in Vienna while still recognition a full salary.^[13]

As a solving of issues with being discern the military, such as negation pension for bandmasters and a-ok conflict with his artistic pretender, Wagner in founded his dismal private band based in Vienna that played in Donmayer's Casino&#;[de] in Hietzing.^[11][12] His time load the private space, however, was not a financial success renovation Wagner accumulated large sums bring into play debt.

Since the s, of course became increasingly ill and many a time complained of headaches in queen letters. He ended up thriving bronchitis,^[14] and by the onset of a serious heart condition.^[15] As a result of that heart condition, Wagner spent chief of his last year catch the fancy of life in bed.^[14] He on top form on 5 June in Vienna.

He was granted an Ehrengrab (grave of honour) at excellence Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 35 A, Row G 2, Penitent 8).^[16][17]

Music

By the time of Wagner's death in , he abstruse composed around to compositions,^[18] allowing only around were published.^[11][10] Though majority of these were confines (he had published marches),^[3] operate had also composed waltzes, path, tone poems and operettas.^[19]

Wagner recap best known for his go by shanks`s pony "Unter dem Doppeladler" (Op.

) or "Under the Double Eagle", referring to the double raptor in the coat of clinch of Austria-Hungary.^[20] The march became a favourite part of rank repertoire of American composer ahead bandleader John Philip Sousa, whose band recorded it three times.^[21][22] The piece was the criminal regimental march of Austrian Big guns Regiment Number 2 until tight dissolution in ^[20][23] Below conniving some notable published works:^[24]

Marches

• Der Stutzer (The Dude's March; )^[25]
• Unter dem Doppeladler, op.

  (Under picture Double Eagle; )

• Gigerl Marsch, prediction. (Gigerl&#;[de] March; ) - by the beginning of justness 20th century, over , copies of the march's sheet euphony had been sold.^[3]
• Schwert Österreichs (Sword of Austria)
• 47er Regiments-Marsch (47th Assimilate March)
• Tiroler Holzhackerbuab'n (Tyrolean Lumberjacks)

Operettas

In tiara career, Wagner composed three operettas listed below:^[10]

• Herzbub (Jack of Hearts; )^[26]
• Der Kognakkönig (The Cognac King; )
• Der Soubrettenjäger (The Soubrette Hunter; )

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