Eduard Rappoldi

Eduard Rappoldi, real name Eduard Rappold[1] (21 February 1839 – 16 May 1903) was an Austrian violinist and composer.

Eduard Rappoldi (between 1871 and 1877)

Life

Born in Vienna, Rappoldi played piano and violin as a child. At the age of seven he already performed his own compositions. He was a pupil of Leopold Jansa and Josef Böhm and from 1854, a student at the Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna with Georg Hellmesberger Sr..[2]

Bis 1861 war Rappoldi Mitglied des Wiener Hofopernorchesters. Nach seiner Zeit als Konzertmeister an der Deutschen Oper in Rotterdam war Rappoldi Kapellmeister in Lübeck, Stettin und Prag und arbeitete ab 1871 als Lehrer für Violine an der Königliche Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. 1876 wurde Rappoldi zum königlich-sächsischen Professor ernannt. Von 1877 bis 1893 unterrichtete Rappoldi Violine am Dresden Conservatory. Until his retirement in 1898 he was court concertmaster at the Semperoper of Dresden.

Rappoldi composed two string quartets, small symphonies and piano violin sonatas as well as about 30 songs.[3]

In 1870, he met the pianist Laura Kahrer (1853-1925), whom he married four years later. Rappoldi had five children with her, one of them was the violinist Adrian Rappoldi (1876–1948).[4]

Rappoldi died in Dresden at the age of 64.[5]

References
  1. "Berühmte israelitische Männer und Frauen in der Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit - Eduard Rappoldi". lexikus.de. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. Christa Harten: "Rappoldi, Eduard". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 8, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, p. 425.
  3. Teilnachlass Eduard Rappoldi/Laura Rappoldi-Kahrer in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
  4. Laura Rappoldi-Kahrer on Archive.com
  5. Free scores by Eduard Rappoldi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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