Eduard Rohde
Eduard Rohde (born September 25, 1828 in Halle , † March 25, 1883 in Berlin ) was a German composer and organist .
Life
Eduard Rohde was a student of August Gottfried Ritter . He was a singing teacher and royal music director in Berlin. He composed piano pieces, motets , part songs, instrumental and vocal works. He died at the age of 54. The American composer and organist Arthur Bird was one of his students . His son Eduard Rohde junior (1856–1900) also worked as an organist and composer.
Works (selection)
- Dance of the Dragonflies
- Puppets
- Album leaf
- Butterfly, op.36 no.8
- 6 tone structure, Op. 50
- Flying leaves, Op. 36
- Fugue in E minor
- Elfenreigen, Op. 111
- Zwiegesang, Op. 146 No. 2
literature
- Hugo Riemann: Music Lexicon . 5th edition. Hesse, Leipzig 1900, p. 956 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vita of Eduard Rohde , accessed on June 16, 2017 (English)
- ^ Neil Butterworth: Dictionary of American Classical Composers. 2nd Edition. Routledge, New York 2005, ISBN 0-415-93848-1 , p. 46 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ^ Günter Metzner: Heine in the music. Volume 6: Composers N – R. Schneider, Tutzing 1990, ISBN 3-7952-0606-5 , p. 390 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ^ Notes and audio files by Eduard Rohde jun. in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rohde, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1883 |
| Place of death | Berlin |