Max Josef Beer (25 August 1851 – 25 November 1908 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer.

Max Josef Beer studied with Felix Otto Dessoff and at a very young age received a commission from the Austrian government for the compositions Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Auferweckung des Lazarus, and a number of songs.[1]

On 15 February 1871, his opera seria in four acts, Elizabeth of Hungary, premiered at Milan's La Scala, starring Elisabetta Sternberg (soprano), Louis Auguste Arsandaux (tenor), Jean-Louis Lasalle (baritone) and Joseph-Victor Warot (bass).

Beer also wrote Der Streik der Schmiede, a verismo one-act opera, which unsuccessfully premiered at Augsburg, 1897.[2]

He died in Vienna at age 57 and was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Other compositions

  • Fünf Minnelieder for pianoforte
  • Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme for voice with piano accompaniment
  • Eichendorffiana, 9 piano pieces
  • Ghazals, 6 piano pieces
  • Lyrisches Intermezzo, four impressions for piano
  • Sturm und Stille, 6 songs based on poems by C. Stögmann, Oskar von Redwitz, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Rückert
  • Des Sängers Fluch, after Ludwig Uhland, for declamation with piano accompaniment
  • Ein Fastnachtsmärchen, 8 Carnival pieces for piano
  • Aus lichten Tagen, 4 clavier-poetry
  • Abendfeier, three fantasy pieces for piano, four hands
  • Liebesleben, for soprano, tenor, bass and piano
  • Haidebilder aus Ungarn, 3 piano pieces for four hands
  • Die schöne Kellnerin von Bacharach und ihre Gäste [The beautiful waitress from Bacharach and their guests], five poems by N. Müller for a deeper voice with piano accompaniment
  • Aus der Minnezeit, Op. 31, song cycle for women's choir and piano accompaniment
  • Sweet Evening comes with a softer air, Op. 25, solo and chorus for male voices, texts by A. J. Foxwell

References

  1. ↑ "Max Josef Beer (1851–1908)". mahlerfoundation.org. 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Isidore Singer; Joseph Sohn. "Beer, Max Josef". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
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