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Freisslich [Freislich], Maximilian Dietrich
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Freisslich [Freislich], Maximilian Dietrich(bap. Immelborn, nr Bad Salzungen, 6 Feb 1673; d Danzig [now Gdańsk], 10 April 1731). German composer, half-brother of Johann Balthasar Christian Freisslich. He went as a boy, probably in about 1686–7, to Danzig, where he sang in the choir at the Marienkirche and studied composition as a pupil of the Kapellmeister, J.V. Meder. When in 1699 Meder had to flee from his creditors, Freisslich succeeded him as Kapellmeister and held the post to the end of his life, when he was succeeded by his half-brother. During his 32 years of activity he wrote much religious music and many secular works. The texts of his compositions, including a cycle of church cantatas (1708–9), were printed at Danzig, but the only surviving composition is a Dixit Dominus of 1726 (PL-GD), written in a sound contrapuntal style. Besides Johann Balthasar Christian, two more of his brothers (sons of a pastor, Johann Weigold Freisslich, 1619–89) were musicians: Johann Thobias (b 1675), an organist in Salzungen, and Johann Wigaläus (b 1679), a member of the Kapelle at the Marienkirche, Danzig, from 1701. For bibliography see Freisslich, Johann Balthasar Christian. PAWEŁ PODEJKO Freistimmigkeit(Ger.: ‘free-part style’). See Texture. Freitas, Frederico (Guedes) de(b Lisbon, 15 Nov 1902; d Lisbon, 12 Jan 1980). Portuguese composer and conductor. He studied the piano, the violin and composition at the National Conservatory, graduating in 1925. That year he won a government scholarship to study in several European countries. He was appointed conductor in 1935 of the newly formed Portuguese radio chamber orchestra and in 1940 founded the Lisbon Choral Society. He was conductor of the Oporto SO (1949–53) and of the Portuguese RSO from 1956. He combined his career as a composer with that of conducting (both in Portugal and abroad), teaching and research into early Portuguese music. He wrote music of many kinds, from simple popular songs to elaborate vocal or instrumental music, and all his works show a melodic talent and a mastery of polyphony, polytonality and atonality. Freitas was essentially a composer for the theatre. His many revues, operettas and incidental music are important contributions to the Portuguese theatre of the 1930s and 40s, when few academic musicians worked in such genres. Most of his music is no longer played, although some of the songs he wrote for the theatre and cinema are still a success. Some of the ballet music he composed for the Verde Gaio Company in the 1940s, though not often staged, is played frequently in concert versions. WORKS(selective list) dramatic
vocal and instrumental
BIBLIOGRAPHYJ.F. Branco: História da música portuguesa (Lisbon, 1959) Catálogo geral da música portuguesa: repertória contemporâneo (Lisbon, 1978) ‘Frederico de Freitas “in memoriam”’, Autores, xcvii–xcviii (1980), 3–24 J. Almendra: ‘Um grande artista que o país perdeu’, Canto gregoriano, xciv (1980), 3–18 L.F. Rebelo: História do teatro de revista (Lisbon, 1985) JOSÉ CARLOS PICOTO/ADRIANA LATINO Yüklə 17,54 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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