Leonhard Wolff ( German: Leonhard Wolff ; May 14, 1848 , Halberstadt - February 18, 1934 , Bonn ) - German violinist, composer, musicologist and music teacher. The son of Hermann Wolf (1815-1875), the head of the singing society in Krefeld . Brother of pianist Ernst Wolf , father of publisher Kurt Wolf , grandfather of composer Christian Wolf .
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Biography
He graduated from the Cologne Conservatory , a student of Ferdinand Hiller (composition), Otto von Koenigsleva (violin) and Isidor Zais (piano). Later he improved as a violinist under the guidance of Henri Vietot , Hubert Leonard and Joseph Joachim . In 1870, he began playing the viola in the string quartet of Ernst Schiever , in which he was hired by Count Bolco von Hochberg to work in the Count's castle Ronstock (now Dobromezh , Svidnitsky County in Silesia). In the years 1875-1880. Music Director of the University of Marburg . In the years 1880-1884. led the choirs in Wiesbaden . Since 1884, General Director of Bonn. In 1890, Mr .. defended in Leipzig the thesis "Historical study of the musical theme and its conduct" ( German: Geschichtliche Studien über das musikalische Motiv und seine Durchführung ). He was friendly with Johannes Brahms , left a memoir about him. In 1898, Mr .. resigned as general director of music, retaining the position of music director of the University of Bonn (until 1915). Among Wolf's students, in particular, Ellie Ney .
Wolf's most famous work is the monograph “Church cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach ” ( German J. Sebastian Bachs Kirchenkantaten ; 1913).
Links
- Wolf, Leonhard: sheet music at International Music Score Library Project