Albin Frehse

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Albin Frehse (born February 10, 1878 in Leipzig ; † January 31, 1973 there ) was a German horn player and professor at the Leipzig University of Music .

Life

Grave slab Südfriedhof Leipzig, XVII. Department (grave site abandoned)

Albin Frehse studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig with the 1st horn player of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Arno Rudolph . Before joining the Gewandhaus Orchestra, he played a. a. at the Warsaw Opera , in Hans Winderstein's orchestra and in the Magdeburg municipal orchestra.

From June 1, 1903 to 1939, Frehse was the horn player in the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. Until 1946 he continued to play in this orchestra as a war aid. He was a member of the Gewandhaus Wind Quintet. From 1926 to 1958 he taught horn at the University of Music in Leipzig. In 1948 he was appointed professor.

He composed four horn concertos, two of which were printed, as well as numerous studies for horn, duos, trios and quartets for several horns.

Albin Frehse's students include Erich Penzel , Hermann Märker , Waldemar Schieber , Amand Schwantge , Werner Seltmann and his nephew Karl Otto August Frehse. All of the named were later members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. On April 3, 1968, on the occasion of Frehse's 90th birthday, one of his horn concerts was played by Waldemar Schieber in a Gewandhaus concert.

Albin Frehse was a member of the Minerva Masonic Lodge for the Three Palms .

literature

  • Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber and Faber, Leipzig 2006, p. 183, no. 578, ISBN 3-936618-86-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Alexander Süß: Paul Losse (1890–1962) ( Memento from May 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Frehse, Albin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German horn player and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1973
Place of death Leipzig