CONCERT PIECE Op.33

At the age of 16, Julius Rietz was employed as a cellist in the Berlin K''nigsstadt Theatre, and it was there that he had his first composing success of opera and stage music before moving to D''sseldorf in 1834 as second conductor of the Opera under Mendelssohn, a friend of the Rietz family. His incidental music for Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'Hamlet' were particularly well received, and he succeeded Mendelssohn in 1834, but gave up the Opera to take over the Musical Directorship of D''sseldorf, where he stayed for twelve years. There followed conducting posts in Leipzig, including the Gewandhaus Orchestra and teaching Composition at the Conservatory, culminating in Rietz's appointment to conduct the Royal Opera in Dresden by the King of Saxony in 1860, where he seems to have staid until his death.
Largely due to his conducting, Rietz was one of the most influential musicians in Germany for some time. His legacy of compositions, consisting mainly of operas and stage works although

• Intermezzo - Allegretto con moto
• Finale - Allegretto animato

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