Ferdinand Gumbert

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Portrait of Ferdinand Gumbert
Supplement to the Darmstädter Tagblatt, No. 5/1886

Ferdinand Gumbert (born April 22, 1818 in Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , † April 6, 1896 in Berlin, German Empire ) was a German composer, singing teacher and music critic. Initially a singing teacher , he began a stage career as a baritone in 1839.

Life

After several years of engagement at the Cologne City Theater (1840–42), on the advice of the conductor Conradin Kreutzer , he resigned his stage work in favor of composition. In addition to his work as a singing teacher and song composer, he worked as a music advisor for the Tälichen Rundschau and the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung in Berlin since 1881 .

Karl Formes and Rosa Le Seur were among his singing students . Gumbert translated numerous libretti from French into German.

Ferdinand Gumbert comes from a Mosaic family and was not married.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, Leipzig and Vienna 1885–1892, E-Text: http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=107415

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