Bernhard Kothe
Bernhard Kothe (born May 12, 1821 in Gröbnig near Leobschütz ; † July 27, 1897 in Breslau ) was a German composer, church musician, music teacher and historian.
Life
Kothe studied at the Royal Institute for Church Music in Berlin and was a student of Adolf Bernhard Marx . In 1851 he became church music director in Opole, and from 1869 to 1896 he was a seminary music teacher in Breslau. There he founded the Cecilia Society for Catholic Church Music and published Musica sacra , a collection of sacred compositions for male choirs. He also composed preludes for the organ and motets and published a singing textbook (singing teaching for higher and middle schools ), a vademecum for piano players (1880) and a practical organ school (published around 1900). He wrote several writings on music history : Music in the Catholic Church (1862), Outline of Music History (1874, 8th edition 1908) and Guide to organ literature (with Theophil Forchhammer , 1890, new edition and extension in 1909 by Otto Burkert ).
literature
- Kothe, Bernhard . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kikarskten – Kroman . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 1147 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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SURNAME | Kothe, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, church musician, music historian and teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1821 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coarse |
DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1897 |
Place of death | Wroclaw |