Emil Söchting

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Emil Söchting (born February 22, 1858 in Gröningen ( Province of Saxony ); died October 20, 1937 in Stendal ) was a German composer and piano teacher. He worked in Magdeburg .

Emil Söchting studied at the Royal Institute for Church Music in Berlin with Karl August Haupt and Albert Löschhorn , in piano playing he was a pupil of Ludwig Deppe , according to whose method he taught and which he also recorded in his reform piano school. He wrote numerous piano and chamber music works, including many salon pieces , and published theoretical works under the title The Free Fall ; Reform piano school (System Deppe) and school of weight technology , which should acquire greater didactic importance. His reform piano school based on the Deppe system was first published in 1909 by Verlag Heinrichshofen and enjoyed numerous editions.

Compositions (selection)

Music theoretical works

  • The free fall
  • Reform-Klavierschule (piano school. System Deppe: theoretically practical course for elementary lessons according to pedagogical innovations with regard to tone formation and lecture)
  • School of weight engineering

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Gerhard Williger: Söchting, Emil - uni-magdeburg.de (accessed on March 7, 2019)
  2. ↑ cf. koelnklavier.de
  3. ↑ On the publisher, cf. heinrichshofen.de: Rich publishing history - presented briefly .

literature

  • Gerhard Williger: Söchting, Emil - uni-magdeburg.de (with further literature)
  • Art. “Söchting, Emil” in: Hugo Riemann : Musik-Lexikon: Theory and history of music, the sound artists of old and new times with details of their works, along with a complete knowledge of instruments. Repr. 2017, p. 1049

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personal data
SURNAME Söchting, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and piano teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Groeningen
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1937
Place of death Stendal