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Nun Eilt Herbei Witz Heitre Laune Verführer! Warum by Otto Nicolai

Artist Biography For Otto Nicolai

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai June 9 1810 – May 11 1849 Was A German Composer Conductor And Founder Of The Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai Is Best Known For His Operatic Version Of Shakespeare's Comedy The Merry Wives Of Windsor Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor . In Addition To Five Operas Nicolai Composed Lieder Works For Orchestra Chorus Ensemble And Solo Instruments. Nicolai A Child Prodigy Was Born In Königsberg Germany. While Still A Youth He Ran Away From His Home And Parents And Secured Himself As A Student Of Carl Friedrich Zelter In Berlin. After Initial Successes In Germany Including His First Symphony 1831 And Public Concerts He Became Musician To The Prussian Embassy In Rome. During The Early 1840s He Established Himself As A Major Figure In The Concert Life Of Vienna. In 1844 He Was Offered The Position Vacated By Felix Mendelssohn Of Kapellmeister At The Berlin Cathedral But He Did Not Reestablish Himself In Berlin Until The Last Year Of His Life. On 9 March 1849 Two Months After The Premiere Of The Merry Wives And Only Two Days After His Appointment As Hof Kapellmeister At The Berlin Staatsoper He Collapsed And Died From A Stroke. On The Very Same Day Of His Death He Was Elected A Member Of The Prussian Royal Academy Of Arts.

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