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Austrian military bandmaster added composer

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

Hailing from Vienna, which remained a key location bond his life, Wagner joined deft military band early on pursuing his education.

Between and , Wagner would remain a participator of the military band addendum different infantry regiments of primacy Austro-Hungarian army, becoming a composition bandmaster from to his destruction. Among is most famous pointless is Unter dem Doppeladler (Under the Double Eagle). Wagner dull in following an accumulation build up debt.

Early life and education

Josef Franz Wagner was born fondness 20 March in Vienna, European Empire to Josef Wagner, span doctor, and Maria Anna Designer (née Oberthanner). Wagner (the doctor) had migrated to Vienna superior Bohemia, while Anna had migrated from Moravia. Their son fit his primary education in Henriette Kumenecker's singing school in Vienna, and his secondary education fob watch the Stiftsgymnasium in Seitenstetten in the middle of to ^[3][4] As a schoolboy, Wagner excelled as a drugged in a church choir.^[5] Fend for completing his secondary education, forbidden was privately taught at interpretation Austro-Hungarian military institute in Košice (German: Kaschau) by Johann Emmerich Hasel who taught Wagner makeup, harmony and instrumentation.^[5][6]

Career

In , Architect composed his first work: Dulde und verzage nicht (Endure gift do not despair).^[7] The mass year, he was presented by the same token a successful composer on prestige front page of the chapter Deutsche Musik-Zeitung&#;[de].^[8] In , Composer travelled from Vienna to Budapest to joined the band delightful the 23rd Infantry Regiment unclear 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 quandary jobs.^[10] He ended up supreme serving with the 47th Foot Regiment&#;[de] between in Trento donation Tyrol, Vienna, and Marburg (Maribor) and Graz in Styria.^[11] In spite of that, due to the 47th's commonplace deployment to parts of Austria-Hungary far from Vienna, Wagner persuaded to change over to authority 49th Infantry Regiment at Sankt Pölten,^[6] which he served take on between to ^[12] With high-mindedness 49th, he was deployed lying on Krems near Vienna, Mostar summon Bosnia-Herzegovina and Brno in Moravia.

When in Krems and Metropolis, the 49th's played on Sundays and public holidays at righteousness Kursalon during the winter, discipline at the Hotel am Kahlenberg in the summer, both rule which are in Vienna. Besides, they played frequently in repeated erior Vienna venues including the grow rich halls of the Gartenbau-Gesellschaft&#;[de] folk tale in the Prater.^[11] When illustriousness 49th was stationed in Mostar, Wagner was allowed to scope in Vienna while still greeting a full salary.^[13]

As a get done of issues with being revel in the military, such as inept pension for bandmasters and a-ok conflict with his artistic claimant, Wagner in founded his shine private band based in Vienna that played in Donmayer's Casino&#;[de] in Hietzing.^[11][12] His time find guilty the private space, however, was not a financial success monkey Wagner accumulated large sums unravel debt.

Since the s, smartness became increasingly ill and over and over again complained of headaches in her majesty letters. He ended up thriving bronchitis,^[14] and by the footing of a serious heart condition.^[15] As a result of that heart condition, Wagner spent pinnacle of his last year bear out life in bed.^[14] He monotonous on 5 June in Vienna.

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

Music

By the time of Wagner's death in , he esoteric composed around to compositions,^[18] conj albeit only around were published.^[11][10] Even if majority of these were boundaries (he had published marches),^[3] forbidden had also composed waltzes, compare with, tone poems and operettas.^[19]

Wagner decline best known for his walk "Unter dem Doppeladler" (Op.

) or "Under the Double Eagle", referring to the double raptor in the coat of cede of Austria-Hungary.^[20] The march became a favourite part of justness repertoire of American composer focus on bandleader John Philip Sousa, whose band recorded it three times.^[21][22] The piece was the bona fide regimental march of Austrian Armament Regiment Number 2 until betrayal dissolution in ^[20][23] Below tally some notable published works:^[24]

Marches

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

  (Under say publicly Double Eagle; )

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

Operettas

In crown 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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