Emil Fromm

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Emil Fromm (born January 29, 1835 in Spremberg , † December 12, 1916 in Flensburg ) was a German composer and church musician .

Life

Memorial plaque for Emil Fromm in the St. Nikolai Church in Flensburg

He received his musical training in Berlin from August Eduard Grell , AW Bach and Julius Schneider. In 1859, when he was only 24 years old, he accepted a position as cantor in Cottbus . In 1866 Fromm was appointed royal music director. On October 1, 1869, he moved to the St. Nikolai Church in Flensburg, where he worked as an organist .

Fromm composed church chant pieces, passion cantatas , but also organ pieces .

In 1899 the publishing house J. Bergas published a book with the title "Four-part chorale book for the new Schleswig-Holstein hymn book for church, school and house", which Fromm had written together with H. Stange.

Several of his pieces of music, which were often sung by male choirs , were awarded prizes, including “Der Helden Auferstehung” based on a text by Wilhelm Müller and “Volkers Nachtgesang” based on a text by Emanuel Geibel .

Until his death he worked tirelessly for the St. Nikolai Church in Flensburg, which therefore dedicated a memorial plaque to him in the church as a thank you .

literature

  • Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 7, Leipzig 1907, page 165

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ zeno.org
  2. ↑ The German Poetry Library
  3. ↑ Emil Fromm
  4. ↑ Sankt Nikolai Flensburg - Memory of the Nikolai organist Emil Fromm
personal data
SURNAME Fromm, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Spremberg
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1916
Place of death Flensburg