19 October 1864?C21 August 1915 Related Paintings of Thomas Pakenham :. | Henry Grattan | Theobald Wolfe Tone,the 33-year-old | Charles James Fox,Leader of the Whig Opposition and Grattan-s most important ally in London | Dublin Castle in the 1790s,seat fo the Viceroy and hub of Briish Power | McCracken-s United and twentieth century portrait | Related Artists:
Matilda Browne1869-1947
Jean-Simon Fournier(1791-1799 ) - Painter
CORNELIUS, Peter 1824-1874,German composer. Trained as actor and violinist, and friend of artists, poets and writers, he devoted himself to music from the 1840s, finding inspiration in Liszt and the New German School at Weimar in 1852. His first mature works were the lieder opp. 1 and 2 and the song cycle Trauer und Trost op.3, followed by the comic opera Der Barbier von Bagdad (1855-8); all show his literary skill, refreshing simplicity and musical independence from the Liszt circle. In Vienna (1859-65), he wrote his second opera Der Cid and enjoyed fruitful relationships with Brahms, Carl Tausig and above all Wagner, who summoned him to Munich in 1865 as his private repetiteur and teacher at the Royal School of Music. His third opera Gunlöd was never finished. He continued to write poetry and essays defending Wagner and Liszt and translated vocal works by Pergolesi, Berlioz, Liszt and others. Although he revered Wagner, he stood ethically and artistically apart, his work (especially Der Barbier) thus representing an original achievement.
