Almost nothing has been handed down about Hebenstreit's life, only a few scores have survived. He was a successor to Adolf Müller senior as Kapellmeister as well as in the field of stage music and often worked together with Johann Nestroy. His place of activity was the Leopoldstädter Theater, which, after being demolished and rebuilt under director Carl Carl, was renamed the Carltheater in December 1847, where he worked until his death in 1875.
After the premiere of Höllenangst [de] on 17 November 1849, the Österreichische Courier of 20 November 1849 (No 276, p. 1104) wrote rather derogatory about Hebenstreit's music, it would be "mildly marked - mediocre".[1]
Hebenstreit was the discoverer and promoter of the opera singer Etelka Gerster (1855–1920). Since he taught her from 1874 to 1875 at the former Vienna Conservatory,[2] his year of death must be after 1875.[3]
Dienstbothenwirthschaft, oder Chatoulle und Uhr (1852).
Müller und Schiffmeister (1853).
External links
Short biography in Johann Nestroy (2010). Urs Helmensdorfer (ed.). Der Gesang ist ein Proteus: Theaterlieder beim Clavier zu singen: with reproductions of drafts, scores and prints and a CD "Wie klingt ein Nestroy-Lied?". Wien - Musik und Theater. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN978-3-8258-0742-9.
Werkverzeichnis auf Herbert Jacob, Marianne Jacob, Thomas Lindenberg, Evelyn Binder (2011). Thomas Lindenberg (ed.). N-O, volume 3. Deutsches Schriftsteller-Lexikon, 1830-1880: Goedekes Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung, Fortführung. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 92–95. ISBN978-3-05-005194-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert. Volume 1: A–I. Edited by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN3-598-11545-8, p. 414 (Michael Hebenstreit, p. 414, at Google Books).