Eduard Rosenhain
Eduard Rosenhain (born November 18, 1818 in Mannheim , † September 6, 1861 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German - Jewish pianist , composer and professor of music in Frankfurt am Main.
The banker's son Eduard Rosenhain, like his five years older brother Jakob, made a musical career, but in contrast to him, not as a virtuoso and composer, but as a music teacher. Like him, he received his musical training from Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee . In addition to his teaching activities, Rosenhain also gave various concerts, primarily in his place of work in Frankfurt am Main. A contemporary critic attested that he had great skills and talent on the piano, but in 1839 at a concert with Louis Lacombe he also remarked : “Dr. Eduard Rosenhain exploits his musical talent more for the sake of teaching ”. As a composer he wrote a wide range of different pieces (serenades, sonatas, elegies, polkas, rondos) and influenced other cultural workers. For example, the poem "Strophes and Rods: Polka Text" by Wilhelm Jordan is explicitly characterized as a "rhythmic and vocal imitation of a polka composed by Eduard Rosenhain".
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, by Francois Joseph Fétis, Tome 7. Perotti - Scultetus
- ^ Didaskalia. Leaves for Mind, Mind and Publicity, Wednesday, October 9, 1839
- ↑ W. Jordan, Stanzas and Wands. Poems, http://www.archive.org/details/strophenundstbe00jordgoog
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rosenhain, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenhain, Edouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1861 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |