Karl Franzevich Albrecht

Karl Franzevich Albrecht (Russian: Карл Францевич Альбрехт; 27 August 1807 – 24 February 1863) was a German-Russian musician and composer. He was born in Poznań.

Albrecht studied with Joseph Schnabel in Breslau and then worked from 1825 as a violinist in the theater in Breslau and as a conductor in Düsseldorf. In 1838 he was appointed as conductor of the Opera and the Philharmonic in St. Petersburg. Beginning in 1850 he was a singing teacher at the orphanage in Gatchina. He died in Gatchina in 1863.

His son Konstantin Karlovich Albrecht (1836-1893) was a cellist and composer in Moscow.

From Karl Albrecht's compositions, a Mass, a ballet and three string quartets have survived. There are other works by him that are listed as missing.

References

• Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 1. Aufl., Bd. 15, S. 109 f.
• Carl Benedict (1953), "Albrecht, Karl", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 179–179; (full text online)
• Paul Frank; Wilhelm Altmann: Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler-Lexikon, Heinrichshofen´s Verlag Wilhelmshaven, 15. Auflage (1936) S. 7f