August Horn (composer)

August Horn (born September 1, 1825 in Freiberg ; † 1893 ) was a German composer .

Horn was a student at the Leipzig Conservatory , lived in Leipzig and is known for arranging classical works. Among his own compositions, an operetta: “The Neighbors”, male choirs (one of which has been awarded a prize for a double choir) and numerous unanimous songs have met with approval.

Works

• Comic opera "The Neighbors"
• 2 duets. Poems by A. Böttger, for soprano and alto (or mezzo-soprano.) You are resting under the linden tree. The spring moon looks out.
• Who is a king Poem by A. Böttger, for 2 male choirs (eight-part) op.3
• 3 songs op. 8 (Premonition of Love. Eternal Love. Pigeon Mail.)
• 4 songs op. 9 (Evening song. Remorse. Forget-me-not. In the sky, star trembles after star.)
• 3 two-part songs with pipes. op. 10 (Birds in the sunny days Linde's rustling. Morning song.)
• Concert Overture for large orchestra. Op. 12
• 3 songs for B. op. 13 (Wanderlied. Der kleine Savoyard. Die Mühle.)
• Scherzo symphonique op.14
• You beautiful child. Poem by Sternau, for T. op.17
• Op. 18. 4 male choirs. No. 1, table song. 10 No. 2, equestrian song. No. 3, In the pub For quiet pleasure. No. 4, From the mountains.
• "It blows through the blossoming trees", for T. m. Pfte and Vcello (ad lib.). op. 21
• Fant. sur Adio la Patria, melod. roumaine p. Ph. Georgesco op.33
• Fantasy on R. Schumann's Paradies and Peri for the pianoforte op.34
• Fantasy about Rob. Schumann's Faust
• Leipzig Carnival March 1876 for pods. op. 42
• "Des Sängers Welt" for male choir accompanied by 5 brass players (ad libitum) op. 44
• Op. 54. My comrade and I: “Now march forward in the dawn”. Cheerful male choir
• Op. 58. Auerbach's Keller: “How carefree it is so good” for male choir.
• Op. 60th jubilee march for the 800th anniversary of Wettin
• Op. 61. Three children's songs for 1 voice with pipes. (No. 1. The swallow: “We pull the sky so far blue”. No. 2. The herald of spring: “Do you know the dear little bird”. No. 3. The grass horse: “I'm a joyful jumping field” .)

Web links

• Works by and about August Horn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by August Horn in the International Music Score Library Project

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