Dirk Schäfer (composer, 1873)
Dirk Schäfer (also Dietrich, born November 25, 1873 in Rotterdam ; died February 16, 1931 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch pianist and composer.
Life
Dirk Schäfer studied at the Cologne Conservatory with Max von Pauer (piano), Gustav Jensen (theory) and Franz Wüllner (composition and conducting). In 1894 he received a grant from the German Mendelssohn Prize .
He lived in The Hague , from where he made concert tours to Paris, Vienna, London and Berlin. In 1899 he performed his piano concerto with Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouworkest . Schäfer later destroyed it. In 1905 Mengelberg performed Schäfer's Capriccio op een gamelang-melodie (Rhapsodie javanaise) and a Suite Pastorale . Between 1913 and 1915 he gave eleven piano concertos with works from older and contemporary piano literature, from William Byrd to Arnold Schönberg , and thus proved his ability to the concert audience. He performed works by Chopin , which he also recorded on vinyl.
He composed two violin sonatas for Carl Flesch and a cello sonata for Gérard Hekking . His wife Ida Dumstorff put together a piano school from his estate . The composer Franz Weisz was friends with him and wrote a short biography.
Works
- Dirk Schäfer, Ida Schäfer-Dumstorff: Het piano . Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek, 1942
- Compositions
- 19 works with opus numbers
- Works without opus numbers
literature
- Franz Weisz, Guido Adler: Ter Herinnering aan Dirk Schäfer 25 Nov. 1873 - 16 Febr. 1931 . Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek, 1932
Web links
- Literature by and about Dirk Schäfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Dirk Schäfer (composer, 1873) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Dirk Schäfer , at the Nederlands Muziek Instituut
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shepherd, Dirk |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch pianist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1931 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |