Christian Friedrich Ehrlich
Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (born May 7, 1807 in Magdeburg ; † May 31, 1887 ibid) was a German pianist, music teacher and composer.
Ehrlich studied piano with Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar after attending the Magdeburg High School in 1827 and switched to Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck in Darmstadt. From 1828 he worked as a musician in Magdeburg. From 1840 until his death he was a music teacher at the pedagogy of the monastery of Our Dear Women . He founded a school choir here, with which he regularly gave concerts. His successor was Theophil Forchhammer in 1887 .
In 1844 Ehrlich received the title of Royal Music Director . In 1849 he was one of the founding members of the Tonkünstler Association , whose chairman he became the following year. Since the 1850s he and Franz Xaver Chwatal headed the institute for collective piano lessons . For several years he directed the Magdeburg Singakademie .
Honestly composed and a. Salon pieces for the piano and songs, organ and choral works. His operas The Rose Girls (1860, based on Emmanuel Théaulon ) and King Georg (1861, based on a drama by Rudolf Kneisel ) were premiered at the Magdeburg City Theater.
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| SURNAME | Honestly, Christian Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music teacher, composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1887 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |