Conrad Ansorge

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Photograph of Ansorge in Spemann's Golden Book of Music , 1904
Lovis Corinth : Portrait of the pianist Conrad Ansorge (1903), oil on canvas, 141 × 125 cm, Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
Max Slevogt : Conrad Ansorge at the piano (1912), oil on canvas, 60.5 × 81 cm, privately owned.
Conrad Ansorge's residential building at Nussbaumallee 27 in Berlin-Westend

Conrad (also: Konrad ) Eduard Reinhold Ansorge (born October 15, 1862 in Buchwald near Liebau , Landkreis Landeshut i. Schles. , † February 13, 1930 in Berlin ) was a German pianist , composer and music teacher .

Life

Conrad Ansorge studied at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1880 to 1882 , lived in Weimar from 1883 to 1885 and was a student of Franz Liszt there in 1885 . He then went on numerous concert tours throughout Europe and America. Ansorge settled in Weimar in 1893 and then lived in Berlin from 1895. From 1898 to 1904 and again from 1916 until the end of his life he was a teacher at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory . 1910–1925 Ansorge was head of a master class at the Conservatory in Königsberg during the summer months. From 1920 he was head of the piano master class at the German Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Prague . In 1918 he was appointed royal professor.

Ansorge wrote numerous orchestral and chamber music works, sonatas, piano pieces and songs as well as arrangements that are now forgotten, with a few exceptions. As a pianist, he was particularly distinguished by his profound, spiritual interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Liszt, whereby the technique was entirely in the service of musical representation.

Conrad Ansorge's students included Alice Herz-Sommer , Selim Palmgren , James Simon , Wilhelm Furtwängler , Eduard Erdmann , Mina Tobler , Rudolf Müller-Chappuis , Eta Harich-Schneider , Herwarth Walden and Emmi Knoche .

Ansorge had been married to a former student, the pianist Margarete Wegelin (1872–1944), since 1891 . The two had four children. Her son Joachim Ansorge (1893–1947) was also a pianist and teacher at the Institute for School and Church Music in Königsberg (Prussia) , and from 1939 to 1945 professor of piano at the University of Music in Berlin. Her second son Arnulf Ansorge (1894–1954) worked after a doctorate in philosophy and studies in German at various schools, including abroad (Brazil, France). He was married to the pianist Elisabeth Lisa Ansorge. The actor and voice actor Joachim Ansorge (1939–1980) was a grandson of Conrad Ansorge.

Grave of Conrad Ansorge in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Conrad Ansorge died on February 13, 1930 at the age of 67 in his villa in Berlin-Westend , Nussbaumallee 27. His grave is on the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in , after a long illness, which even an operation in the previous year could not remedy Westend (burial site: 19-G-21/22/23). The widow Margarete born Wegelin was buried there in 1944. The last resting place of Conrad Ansorge was from 1958 to 2013 as an honor grave of the state of Berlin .

Works (selection)

Works with opus numbers
  • op. 1 Sonata for Piano No. 1 in F minor .
  • op. 2 Waldeslieder by Oskar v. Redwitz .
  • op. 3 Traumbilder (Dream Pictures) for Pianoforte .
  • op. 4 Ballad for Pianoforte in D minor .
  • op. 5 Symphony "Orpheus" .
  • op. 6 Valse - Impromptu for piano .
  • op. 7 Two songs .
  • op. 8 Traumbilder (New Series) for piano .
  • op. 9 string sextet .
  • op. 10 Eight songs for voice and piano .
  • op. 11 Seven songs for a voice and piano .
  • op. 12 Vigils - Stanislaus Przybyzewski (completed on June 13, 1897) .
  • op. 13 Quartet in A flat major, “Vigils after Stanislaus Przybyzewski” .
  • op. 14 Five chants based on poems by Stefan George .
  • op. 15 Five songs .
  • op. 16 Weidenwald, for a voice and piano , rewritten by Stefan George after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • op. 17 Five songs based on poems by Richard Dehmel .
  • op. 18 Harvest Songs - Franz Evers .
  • op. 19 “Urworte” and other poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
  • op. 20 Second String Quartet in A major .
  • op. 21 Sonata for Piano No. 2 in E minor .
  • op. 22 songs and chants for singing parts with accompaniment of the pianoforte .
  • op. 23 Sonata No. 3 in A major for Pianoforte in A major .
  • op. 24 Sonata for violoncello and pianoforte .
  • op. 25 “Reconciliation”, Requiem for male choir, tenor solo and orchestra .
  • op. 26 songs for voice and piano .
  • op. 27 Dream Pictures for Pianoforte .
  • op. 28 Piano Concerto in F major .
  • op. 29 songs .
  • op. 30 songs .
Works without opus numbers
  • Two chants for one voice with piano accompaniment . Licht & Meyer, Leipzig 1885.
  • Romance in E flat minor for piano (1887?).
  • Four chants for a voice with piano (before 1906).
  • "The Train of Death". Symphonic poem for large orchestra (before 1895, not yet printed).
  • "So I'm sad ..." Singing with piano (1896).
  • Piano piece about Richard Dehmel: “Am Ufer” (1899).
  • Children's songs (1902).
  • Sketches for “Eros” (Philipp Witkop) “Eine Gesangsszene” (1910).
  • “They walk through the green of the garden” (Mombert) (1910).
  • Sketches for “Empedocles”, song and orchestra (1927).
Adaptations and editions
  • Polish Dances for piano for 2 hands , freely arranged. by Conrad Ansorge
  • Toccata, Adagio and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach . Transferred for piano by Conrad Ansorge.
  • From 1923 to 1927 Ansorge published the most important piano works by Franz Schubert in the series of Tonmeister editions at Ullstein-Verlag.

Sound recordings

Recordings on piano rolls for reproduction and art playing pianos

(Since the information on the roll labels is often incomplete or incorrect, proper names and the titles of the pieces of music are given in the form commonly used today. The year of recording does not always have to be identical to the year of publication).

Welte ( Welte-Mignon )
  • Conrad Ansorge: Ballade for piano in D minor, Op. 4, (Roll No. 286, recording: 1905).
  • Conrad Ansorge: Traumbilder op.8 , (roll no.289, recording: 1905).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Conrad Ansorge: Toccata in C major (roll No. 288, recording: 1905).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano No. 30 in E major, Op. 109. 3rd movement: Andante, (roll No. 290, recording: 1905).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: Spring faith . From: 12 songs by Schubert , R 243, p. 558. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube (Text: Ludwig Uhland) D 686, (Roll No. 291, recording: 1905).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: You are calm . From: 12 songs by Franz Schubert , R 243, p. 558. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Du bist die Ruh (Text: Friedrich Rückert) D 776, (Roll No. 292, recording: 1905, 1909).
  • Franz Schubert: Impromptu in C minor, Op. 90 No. 1, D 899, (Roll No. 287, recording: 1905).
Hupfeld ( Phonola )
  • Conrad Ansorge: Sonata op. 1, Adagio, (roll No. 55694, 12626).
  • Conrad Ansorge: Traumbilder op.8 No. 2, No. 4, (roll No. 52339, 12627).
  • Franz Schubert, Conrad Ansorge: Group from Tartarus . From: Master songs for piano for 2 hands . I. Collection. Michow, Charlottenburg 1900. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Group from Tartarus (Text: Friedrich von Schiller) op. 24 no. 1, D 394 (583, 65), (roll no. 55613, 12641).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano in C minor op. 13 "Pathétique", (roll no. 50023, 12628).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op. 90, (Roll No. 52355, 12629).
  • C. Bürgel: Arietta op.25, (roll no.58095, 12631).
  • Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor op.27 No. 1, (Roll No. 52709, 12632).
  • Frédéric Chopin: Sonata in B flat minor op.35, 1st movement, (roll no.55794, 12633).
  • Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14. R. 106, G. 244, (Roll No. 53799, 12635).
  • Franz Liszt: Dreams of Love - 3 nocturnes. No. 1 High love . R. 211, p. 541, (roll No. 53793, 12634).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: Spring faith . From: 12 songs by Franz Schubert , R. 243, p. 558. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube (Text: Ludwig Uhland) D 686, (Roll No. 53992, 12640).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: Gretchen on the spinning wheel . From: 12 songs by Franz Schubert , R. 243, p. 558. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) op. 2, D 118, (roll No. 50253, 12639).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: Erlkönig . From: 12 songs by Franz Schubert , R 243, p. 558. Transcription by Franz Schubert: Erlkönig (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) op. 1, D 328, (roll no.50604, 12638).
  • Franz Schubert: Sonata for piano in B flat major. D 960. 1st movement: Molto moderato, (roll no. 50390 a / b, 12643).
  • Franz Schubert: Moment musical A flat major op.94 no.2, D 780, (roll no.57308, 12642).
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Song without Words in F major op. 53 No. 4, (roll No. 50618, 12636).
  • Anton Rubinstein: Étude op.23 No. 2, (roll No. 51425, 12637).
Philipps ( Duca )
  • Conrad Ansorge: Ballade for Piano in D minor, Op. 4, (Roll No. 783).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, (Roll No. 770–772).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano in C minor, Op. 111, (Roll No. 773–774).
  • Frédéric Chopin: Ballade in A flat major op.47, (roll no.764).
  • Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F sharp minor op.48 no.2, (roll no.765).
  • Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu G flat major op.51 Mr. 3, (roll no.766).
  • Franz Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante. No. 11 Harmonies du Soir . R 2 / b, p. 139. (Roll No. 775).
  • Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt: Soirée de Vienne. Valses-caprices d'après Schubert No. 6. A minor R 252, p. 427, (roll No. 776).
  • Robert Schumann: Children's Scenes, Op. 15, No. 12, Child Falling Asleep , (Roll No. 780).
  • Josef Suk: Vom Mütterchen op. 23 No. 3 How little mother sang to the sick child at night (roll No. 781).

Recordings on records

Parlophone, Odeon, Decca, Opal
  • Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt: Glanes de Woronince. No. 2 Mélodies polonaises . R 101, p. 249. (Parlophone P 9310 / E 10973 / A 4219, American Decca 25520. Photo taken in 1928).
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major KV 330. 2nd movement Andante, (Parlophone E 10986 / Parlophone France 57009, Odeon O-7814, American Decca 25357, LP Opal 824/5 recording: 1928). The recording is available on youtube.
  • Franz Schubert: Moment musical in F minor op.94 no.3, D 780 (Parlophone E 10986 / Parlophone France 57009, Odeon O-7814, American Decca 25357, LP Opal 824/5). The recording is available on youtube.
  • Robert Schumann: Romance in B flat minor op.28 no.1, (Parlophone E 10973 / Parlophone France 57008 / A4219, Odeon O-7621, American Decca 25520. Recording on Blüthner grand piano: 1928).
  • Robert Schumann: Romance in F sharp major op.28 No. 2, (Parlophone France 57008, Odeon O-7621. Recording on Blüthner grand piano: 1928). Transfer to CD: s. below. The recording is available on youtube.
Vox
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano in C minor op. 13 ("Sonate pathétique"), (Vox 06359, 06760, 06361 A. Recording: 1927).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano in C sharp minor op. 27 No. 2 ("Moonlight Sonata"), (Vox 06347, 06348, 06352 A. Recording: 1927).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in C major op.51 No. 1, (Vox 06352 B. Recording: 1927).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Conrad Ansorge: To the distant beloved . Transferred for piano by Conrad Ansorge. Dreililien, Berlin 1901. Transcription by Ludwig van Beethoven: “An die ferne Geliebte” op. 98, (Vox 06361 B. Recording: 1927).

Transfers of recordings to CD

  • The pupils of Franz Liszt . Pearl GEMM CDS 9972 (Contains: No. 5: Robert Schumann: Romance F sharp major op. 28 No. 2, No. 6: Franz Liszt: Glanes de Woronince No. 2 Mélodies polonaises . R 101, p. 249).

literature

  • Walter Niemann : master of the piano. The pianists of the present and the past . 1-8 Edition. Schuster & Löffler, Berlin 1919.
  • Carl Benedikt: Ansorge, Conrad. In: New German Biography. Volume 1 (1953), p. 313 (online version).
  • Conrad Ansorge - My master. In: Rudolf Müller-Chappuis: essays, memories, diary sheets . Self-published, Mannheim 1967, p. 49.
  • University of the Arts Berlin, Wolfgang Rathert, Dietmar Schenk (eds.): Pianists in Berlin. Piano playing and piano training since the 19th century (= HdK archive. Volume 3). Berlin University of the Arts, Press and Information Office, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89462-068-4 .
  • Elke Rathgeber, Christian Heitler, Manuela Schwartz (eds.): Conrad Ansorge 1862–1930. A fin de siècle pianist in Berlin and Vienna (= Viennese publications on music history. Volume 12). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2017, ISBN 978-3-205-20307-0 .
  • Philipp Heitmann: Intertextuality as a worldview and the aesthetics of the epigonal: the instrumental work Conrad Ansorge (= discordances. Volume 16). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim / New York 2015, ISBN 978-3-487-15255-4 .

Web links

Commons : Conrad Ansorge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ansorge is sitting here on the Blüthner wing of the Gut Neu-Cladow music hall, today Gutshaus Neukladow, Neukladower Allee 9–12, 14089 Berlin. Source: https://guthmannblog.worldpress.com
  2. ↑ Dorothea (1892–1998), Joachim (1893–1947), Arnulf (1894–1954), Ulrike (1895-?). Information according to: Christian Heitler and Eike Rathgeber: Personal register. In: Elke Rathgeber, Christian Heitler, Manuela Schwartz (eds.): Conrad Ansorge 1862–1930. A fin de siècle pianist in Berlin and Vienna (= Viennese publications on the history of music, edited by Markus Grassl and Reinhard Kapp. Volume 12). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2017, ISBN 978-3-205-20307-0 , p. 704.
  3. ^ Conrad Ansorge † . In: Vossische Zeitung . Thursday, February 13, 1930. p. 4. Berlin address book 1930 . Scherl, Berlin 1930. First volume. P. 47.
  4. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 483.
  5. ^ Christian Heitler: Catalog of works (with performance dates). In: Elke Rathgeber, Christian Heitler, Manuela Schwartz (eds.): Conrad Ansorge 1862–1930. A fin de siècle pianist in Berlin and Vienna (= Viennese publications on the history of music, edited by Markus Grassl and Reinhard Kapp. Volume 12). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2017, ISBN 978-3-205-20307-0 , pp. 655-678.
  6. ↑ Manuela Schwartz and Christian Heitler: Directory of the sound recordings. In: Eike Rathgeber, Christian Heitler, Manuela Schwartz (eds.): Conrad Ansorge 1862–1930. A fin de siècle pianist in Berlin and Vienna (= Viennese publications on music history , edited by Markus Grassl and Reinhard Kapp. Volume 12). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2017, ISBN 978-3-205-20307-0 , pp. 679-682.
  7. ↑ Information from Gerhard Dangel, Hans-W. Schmitz: Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls / Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls. Complete catalog of the European recordings 1904–1932 for the Welte-Mignon Reproduktionspiano / Complete Library of the European Recordings 1904–1932 for the Welte-Mignon Reproducing Piano. Self-published by the authors, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-00-017110-X .
  8. ↑ Information according to Animatic 1921: main catalog . Ludwig Hupfeld, Böhlitz-Ehrenberg near Leipzig 1921.
  9. ↑ collections.uni-frankfurt.de
    Hans-Wilhelm Schmitz: The Philipps-receiving wing and the Duca-recordings. In: The mechanical musical instrument. 12th year 1986, No. 40, pp. 16-22.
  10. ^ Francis F. Clough, GJ Cuming: The World's Encyclopaedia of recorded music. (= WERM ). Greenwood Press, Westport 1970, (reprint).
  11. ↑ The version played by Ansorge does not match that of R 101 / S. 249. The text of Ansorge's version, as it can also be heard on youtube, could not be determined.
personal data
SURNAME Ansorge, Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ansorge, Konrad; Ansorge, Conrad Eduard Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchwald near Lubawka
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1930
Place of death Berlin