The Wiener Schubertbund ("Vienna Schubert Society") is a men's choir in Vienna , Austria, founded in 1863.
6-502: The choir's founder in 1863, and its first musical director, was Franz Mair . It was originally affiliated to a teachers' association, and known as the Lehrersängerchor Schubertbund . The reference to Franz Schubert was significant in that Schubert was from a family of teachers, himself having been at one time a teacher. In 1870 the choir left the teachers' association, and was renamed Schubertbund . Since 1918
12-529: Is Fritz Brucker. Franz Mair Franz Mair (15 March 1821 – 30 November 1893) was an Austrian composer and choral conductor, and founder of the Wiener Schubertbund , a choir that still exists today. Mair was born in Weikendorf in northeast Austria in 1821, son of a teacher. From 1843 to 1852 he was his father's school assistant; he moved after his father's death to Vienna, where he
18-801: The USA, China, Syria and Brazil. From its founding, the choir has paid particular attention to the works of Franz Schubert ; at its first concert in 1864, Schubert's Deutsche Messe , D 872, was performed. It performs works by important composers of all musical periods. Works have been dedicated to the choir by composers including Richard Strauss ( Die Tageszeiten ), Wilhelm Kienzl and Franz Lehár . Past musical directors include Adolf Kirchl [ de ] , Ferdinand Rebay , Hermann von Schmeidel [ de ] , Anton Webern , Viktor Keldorfer , Reinhold Schmid [ de ] , Hans Gillesberger , Leo Lehner [ de ] and Heinrich Gattermeyer . The present musical director (in 2019)
24-574: The choir has been based in the Vienna Concert Hall , and it has had the name Wiener Schubertbund since 1922. 132 singers were present at the first rehearsal in 1863; at the thousandth concert in 1924 there were about 400 singers. At the first rehearsal in 1946 after the Second World War there were 80 singers. In 2005 there were about 50 active members. The choir has given concerts outside Austria: in recent years it has visited
30-517: Was a primary school teacher and district school inspector. From 1854 he was a member of the choir Wiener Männergesang-Verein . In 1861 he became assistant director of the choir; he resigned in 1862 after differences with the director Johann von Herbeck . From 1858 to 1861 he was assistant director of the newly founded Wiener Singakademie . In 1863 he founded in Vienna the Lehrersängerchor Schubertbund ("the teachers' choral Schubert society"). It
36-442: Was originally affiliated to a teachers' association, to which its 86 founding members belonged. The reference to Franz Schubert was significant in that Schubert was from a family of teachers, himself having been at one time a teacher. In 1870 the choir left the teachers' association, and was renamed Schubertbund . (In 1922, to distinguish the choir from others with a similar name, it became the Wiener Schubertbund .) He directed
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