Carl Heymann (musician)
Carl Heymann (also Karl ) (born October 6, 1854 in Filehne ; † November 1922 ) was a German pianist and piano teacher.
Life
Karl Heymann was the son of the Amsterdam chief cantor Isaac Heymann . In Berlin he was a student of Friedrich Kiel . As Rubinstein's successor , he taught at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main between 1878 and 1880. Despite several interruptions in his early, steep career due to mental illness, he was considered one of the most important pianists of his generation. He also emerged as a composer. After his time in Frankfurt he lived in Bingen again.
The music writer Josef Schrattenholz saw in Heymann a “new Liszt ” and characterized his playing as follows: “Heymann as a reproducing artist is also eminently productive at the same time, and it is precisely in the intimate fusion of these dual activities that the secret of his originality and his success seems to me to be lie. An excellent talent for composition ... is also beneficial to him as a pianist. "
After the 1880s the name Heymanns disappeared from the consciousness of the music world. He spent the last third of his life in an institution.
literature
- Peter Cahn: The Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978) ; Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Carl Heymann (musician) in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Illustrirte Zeitung, March 11, 1882
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heymann, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heymann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and piano teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Filehne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1922 |