Ernst Hermann Seyffardt

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Ernst Seyffardt

Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (born May 6, 1859 in Krefeld , † November 30, 1942 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German composer .

Life

Seyffardt studied with Alexander Dorn (1833–1901), August Grüters (1841–1911) and at the Cologne Conservatory with Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), counterpoint with Gustav Jensen (1843–1895), James Kwast (1852–1927), then at the Berlin Royal Academic University of Music Performing Arts with Friedrich Kiel (1821–1885), with whom the Polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) also studied, and with Heinrich Barth (1847–1922).

In 1879 he was one of the first to receive the coveted Mendelssohn Prize , together with the composer Engelbert Humperdinck .

From 1887 he worked as a conductor of the women's choir and the Liedertafel in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1892 he moved to Stuttgart , where he worked as a conductor of the New Singing Association and teacher at the conservatory, since 1897 as a professor. In 1929 he retired.

Works

  • op. 5 No. 2: The yellow foliage trembles according to texts by Heinrich Heine
  • op. 10: Piano quartet in C minor, dedication: Herr Königl. Dedicated to music director August Grüters in Crefeld . Published by August Cranz, Hamburg.
  • op. 12: String quartet in E flat major. Dedication: Dedicated to his honored teacher Professor Friedrich Kiel . Published by August Cranz, Hamburg, 1885.
  • op. 13: Schicksalsgesang for alto solo, choir and orchestra based on a poem by Emanuel Geibel ; Published by Cranz in Hamburg in 1884 and “Dr. Dedicated to Johannes Brahms in admiration ”; First performance on April 17, 1885 in Berlin under the direction of Joseph Joachim
  • Op. 29 Ballad
  • Choral work from Germany's great times with texts by Adolf Kiepert
  • op. 32: Concert scene Friede for baritone or mezzo-soprano and large orchestra, based on texts by Heinrich Heine
  • Opera The Bells of Plurs (1912)
  • Further choral works, orchestral chants, a symphony, chamber music

literature

  • Hans Joachim Moser: Music Lexicon. Max Hesses Verlag, Berlin-Schöneberg 1935, p. 787.
  • Appendix, register of names in memoirs of a composer by Luise Adolpha Le Beau

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the award winners

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personal data
SURNAME Seyffardt, Ernst Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1942
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen