August G. Gerke ( German: August Gerke ; 1790 , Lüneburg Elector Braunschweig-Lüneburg Holy Roman Empire - 1847 , Feodosia Taurida Province Russian Empire [1] ) - German and Russian violinist and conductor.
| August Grigorievich Gerke | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | August Grigorievich Gerke |
| Date of Birth | 1790 |
| Place of Birth | Luneburg Elector Braunschweig-Luneburg Holy Roman Empire |
| Date of death | 1847 |
| Place of death | Theodosius Tauride Province Russian empire |
| Professions | violinist , conductor , composer |
| Instruments | |
Biography
The musician in the third generation, from the mid 1810s. He gave concerts in Ukraine, including for many years he worked as bandmaster of the serf orchestra of Count Gansky in Zhitomir and in Pulins , gave concerts in Kiev and Kharkov , and taught. According to an article by N. F. Findeisen in the Russian Biographical Dictionary (Volume 4, 1916), “he often gave concerts in Kiev, during the contract fair, and was known as a violinist and teacher not only in the Kiev district, but also in Poland and abroad. . ... at Count Gansky, his orchestra consisted of 40 young village guys of the count and performed a classical and serious repertoire with a good ensemble ” [2] . Between various Ukrainian obligations, he also worked in Bremen , Dessau and Kassel , where, according to Findeisen, in 1835 he took up the post of music director .
Gerke wrote a number of orchestral compositions (including “Military Overture with Three Pistol Shots” Op. 13), pieces for violin and orchestra (Polish Style Potpourri, Three Polonaises), string trios and duets, piano pieces, etc. .
According to Francois Joseph Feti's “Universal Biographical Dictionary of Musicians”, Gerke's four children were brought up by virtuoso musicians and performed with them [3] . Of these, Anton Gerke , who worked in Russia, is most famous, and Otto Gerke also enjoyed a certain lifetime reputation. “The Universal Musical Newspaper” , reporting on the successful concert of Augustus Gercke and his son Anton Gerka in Kiev on January 26, 1823, also names the daughter Gerke Theophilus and notes that the performance of all four Gerke’s children inspire hope for their future [4] .
Notes
- ↑ The date and place of death are indicated in the Russian supplemented edition of the Musical Dictionary by Hugo Riemann (1901). Other sources dating back to the 2nd edition of the “General Biographical Dictionary of Musicians” by F. J. Feti (1862) state that in 1848 Gercke worked as music director in Detmold , and the date of his death is unknown.
- ↑ Findeisen N.F. Gerke, August // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ François-Joseph Fétis. Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique / Deuxième édition - Paris, 1862. - Vol. 3, p. 458. (French)
- ↑ Nachrichten // Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, Vol. 25, No. 16, Spp. 254-255. (German)