Lauren Alaina - Barefoot and Buckwild

LAKHNER (Lachner) Franz Paul (2 IV 1803, Rain, Upper Bavaria - 20 I 1890, Munich) - German composer and conductor. In 1810-16 he studied music at hand. father, church. organist, and then in the gymnasiums of Neuburg and Munich. In 1822-23 a music teacher in Munich. In 1823-27, the organist of the Protestant church in Vienna. From 1827, the vice-bandmaster, from 1829, the 1st bandmaster of the Vienna “Kertnertortheater. In the years 1834-36 bandmaster in Mannheim. From 1836 he lived in Munich, conducted in the parish. opera, as well as concerts at the Academy of Music and Par. chapel. Headed the music. festivals in Munich (1855, 1863), Salzburg (1855), Aachen (1861-70), and others. In 1852-65, the general was music director in Munich. In 1868 he resigned. Since 1863, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Munich. To the best op. L. relate to the orc. suites in which he acted as a follower of I.S. Bach and G.F. Handel,showing high counterpoint. mastery. Recognition enjoyed the songs of L., written under the influence of the works of F. Schubert.