Friedrich Gernsheim ( German: Friedrich Gernsheim ; 1839-1916) - German pianist , conductor , composer and music teacher .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Friedrich Gernsheim was born July 17, 1839 in Worms in the family of a doctor. The first experience of playing the piano was gained by studying with his mother, who perfectly owned this instrument, and since 1848 he studied under the guidance of Ernst Power . Since 1852 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, from where in 1855 he went to graduate from Paris [4] .
In 1865, Guernsheim became a teacher of piano and composition at the Cologne Conservatory [4] .
In 1874, he was appointed director of the Conservatory in Rotherdam [4] .
From 1890 to 1897, Friedrich Guernsheim taught at the Stern Conservatory and conducted the concerts of the Julius Stern Choral Society in Berlin [4] . Since his appointment as conductor of Gesangverein, he has become especially involved in vocal music and has written many choral works [5] [6] .
Since 1897 he was a conductor of Eruditio musica in Rotherdam and a member of the Senate of the in the German capital [4] [7] .
Guernsheim is also known as a composer in the field of chamber music, on the account of which there are several dozen works [4] [5] [8] [9] .
Friedrich Gernsheim died on September 10, 1916 in the city of Berlin and was buried in the Jewish Weissense cemetery .
Among his students was, in particular, Engelbert Humperdinck , author of the opera Hansel and Gretel .
Notes
- β 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116589930 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012β2016.
- β 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- β SNAC - 2010.
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 Guernsheim // Musical Dictionary : in 3 volumes / comp. H. Riemann ; add. Russian department with staff. P. Weimarn and others; per. and all ext. under the editorship of Yu. D. Engel . - Per. from the 5th of it. ed. - Moscow β Leipzig: ed. B.P. Jurgenson , 1904 .
- β 1 2 Cederbaum V.N.Gernsheim, Friedrich // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron . - SPb. , 1908-1913.
- β MusikwΓΆchenblatt, I.
- β Mendel, Mus. Konv.-lex .; Baker, Biogr. dict. of music
- β Guernsheim, Friedrich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- β Jew. Enc
Literature
- Gernsheim, Friedrich // The New International Encyclopædia (English) .
Links
- Guernsheim, Friedrich at the German National Library .
- Guernsheim, Friedrich at the German Digital Library .