KG
Arts & Literature

Karl Goldmark

Share
Who

Karl Goldmark · Arts & Literature

What

Hungarian composer of the opera The Queen of Sheba and the Rustic Wedding Symphony

When

1830, Keszthely, Kingdom of Hungary — 1915, Vienna, Austria

Where

Hungary · Austria

Biography

Karl Goldmark is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Hungarian composer of the opera The Queen of Sheba and the Rustic Wedding Symphony

How & why

Goldmark was a Hungarian-born composer active in Vienna, best known for the opera 'The Queen of Sheba' and the 'Rustic Wedding' Symphony, works blending Romantic lyricism with rich orchestration. The son of a synagogue cantor, he was Jewish.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.

Contributions & Sources

Hungarian composer of the opera The Queen of Sheba and the Rustic Wedding Symphony

1830

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music