Emil Robert-Hansen

Emil Robert-Hansen, 1896

Emil Robert-Hansen , baptized Robert Emil Hansen , (born February 25, 1860 in Copenhagen , † July 18, 1926 in Frederiksberg ) was a Danish cellist , composer and conductor .

Life

Emil Robert-Hansen was initially tutored by his father and made his first public appearance as a cellist in Copenhagen at the age of eleven. In 1873 there was a first joint appearance with his younger sister Agnes Adler , a talented pianist with whom he also performed frequently in the following years. From 1874 Albert Rüdinger and Franz Neruda taught him at the Copenhagen Conservatory , two years later Friedrich Grützmacher accepted him as a student in Dresden. In 1877 he returned to Copenhagen and joined the Royal Chapel there, of which he was a member until 1889. After a long period of study in London , Emil Robert-Hansen was appointed solo cellist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1892 , and he also taught as a professor at the local conservatory . In 1918, after the end of the First World War, he took over the management of the Aarhus Municipal Symphony Orchestra .

plant

Emil Robert-Hansen also developed compositional activities early on. His 1st symphony in D minor was premiered in Copenhagen in 1880, followed by a 2nd symphony in Leipzig in 1892. He also wrote a cello concerto (1881), a piano concerto (1885), chamber music and songs. In 1911 his opera Frauenlist had its world premiere in Sondershausen , and in 1913 the operetta Die wilde Komtesse in Eisenach .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography of Agnes Adler, Sophie Drinker Institute

literature

• Hugo Riemann : Musik-Lexikon, 11th edition, Berlin, 1929, p. 704

Web links

• Richard Hove: Emil Robert-Hansen, Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal (Danish)
• Dansk composer Foreningen (Danish)
• Sheet music and audio files by Emil Robert-Hansen in the International Music Score Library Project