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Max von Schillings He was chief conductor at the Berlin Staatsoper from 1919 to 1925. Schilling's opera Mona Lisa (1915) was internationally successful and was even performed at the Metropolitan Opera. The composer married Barbara Kemp, the soprano that sung the title role. Before Mona Lisa, Schillings had already written three operas: Ingwelde (1894), Der Pfeifertag (1899) and Der Moloch (1906). Biography Max von Schillings was the brother of the photographer, Carl Georg Schillings. He received his first musical training in violin, piano and theory at the same time as his formal education in Bonn. His teachers were Caspar Joseph Brambach and Otto von Königslow. Schillings later studied jurisprudence, philosophy, literature and art history at the University of Munich. On October 1, 1892, he married his cousin Caroline Josefa Peill in Römlinghoven. They were divorced in 1923. On June 11, 1923, he married the chamber and opera singer Barbara Kemp in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Max Schillings was given the title of Professor by the Royal Bavarian Ministry of the Interior (Königliches Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern) on February 16, 1903. In October of 1911, he was named an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the Philosophy Faculty at the University of Heidelberg. He was awarded the Ehrenkreuz (Ger. honorary cross) by the Order of the Württemberg Crown, the fifth highest rank awarded. With this honor, he was allowed to use the name Max von Schillings. He worked at the opera houses, successively, in Bayreuth, Munich, Stuttgart and finally the Berlin State Opera from 1919-25. He was the dedicatee of "Sea Drift" by Frederick Delius. ... His most important work is undoubtedly the opera Mona Lisa(first performed on 26.09.1951 in Stuttgart), which became, during his lifetime, until his death in 1933, one of the most-performed operas in Germany. He dedicated this opera to the Phil. Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded his professor title. ... Works: Der Pfeifertag Moloch op. 20 Mona Lisa Melodramas: Kassandra Das Eleusische Fest Chamber Music: (Violin Concerto in A minor, op.25) Violin Concerto in G minor op. 38 Piano Concerto “Ein Totentanz” op. 37 (Piano Concert, "A deathdance", op.37) String Quartet in E minor String Quintet op. 32 Glockenlieder op. 22 (Bell songs, op.22). Meergruß und Seemorgen op. 6( Greating from the sea, and a lake morning, op.6). Songs Vier liederen aus der Wanderzeit, op.2 |
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