Emil Breslaur
Emil Breslaur (born May 29, 1836 in Cottbus ; † July 26, 1899 in Berlin ) was a German pianist and composer .
Life
Breslaur attended the grammar school in his hometown and the teachers' college in Neuzelle . He then became a preacher and religion teacher for the Jewish community in Cottbus. In 1863 he went to Berlin and studied there for four years at the Stern Conservatory , where he was particularly concerned with the pedagogical side of piano lessons. His teachers were Jean Vogt and Heinrich Ehrlich (piano), Flodoard Geyer and Friedrich Kiel (composition), Hugo Schwantzer (organ) and Julius Stern (reading scores and conducting). From 1868 to 1879, Breslaur worked as a teacher at Theodor Kullak's New Academy of Music. In 1878 he founded the magazine Der Klavier-Lehrer , which he published until his death; In 1883 he became choirmaster of the Reformed Synagogue in Berlin. He founded a group of music teachers from which the German Music Teachers Association emerged in 1886 .
In addition to his educational and composing work, Breslaur also wrote music reviews and published several books. His publications on the methodology of piano lessons are of particular value. This includes his piano school op. 41, which he had sent to Clara Schumann in 1889 .
Works (selection)
- For methodical practice of piano playing (= Easter program of the New Academy of Music , supplement), Berlin: Krause, 1871
- Methodology of piano lessons in individual essays. For teachers and learners. With many illustrations and explanatory sheet music examples , Berlin: N. Simrock, 1886
- Are original synagogue and folk melodies among the Jews historically verifiable? Lecture given at the Association for Jewish History and Literature in Berlin , Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1898
literature
- Clara Schumann in correspondence with friends and colleagues in Berlin (= Schumann letter edition, Series II Volume 18), ed. by Klaus Martin Kopitz , Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik , Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 78–81, ISBN 978-3-86846-055-1
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breslaur, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | cottbus |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1899 |
| Place of death | Berlin |