Frank Damrosch
Frank Heino Damrosch (born June 22, 1859 in Breslau ; † October 22, 1937 in New York ) was a German-American conductor and music educator .
Life
Damrosch came to the United States in 1871 with his father, the conductor Leopold Damrosch . He lived for a few years in Denver / Colorado , where he worked as an organist and choir conductor, before becoming choirmaster at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1885 . He also conducted other choirs in the city and founded the People's Singing Classes (today: People's Choral Union ) in 1892 and the Musical Art Society in 1893 .
From 1897 to 1905 he oversaw music lessons in New York's public schools, and from 1898 to 1912 he also conducted the Oratorio Society and the Symphony Concerts for Young People .
In 1905 he founded the New York Institute of Musical Art with James Loeb , which he directed until 1933. This later became part of the Juilliard School of Music .
His siblings were also known as musicians: his brother Walter Damrosch also as a conductor, his sister Clara Mannes as co-founder of the Mannes College of Music .
Damrosch's daughter Helen (1893-1976) participated in thirteen expeditions of William Beebe , married the ichthyologist John Tee-Van (1897-1967) in 1923 and became a well-known animal painter and illustrator.
literature
- THE BATON - School newspaper of the Juilliard School (PDF file; 5.56 MB) - Frank Damrosch in the dean's robe as the cover picture
- Carsten Schmidt: Frank Damrosch . In: Ludwig Finscher (Ed.): MGG . tape 5 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 2001, Sp. 349-350 .
Web links
- Works by and about Frank Damrosch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damrosch, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Damrosch, Frank Heino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American conductor and music educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1937 |
| Place of death | New York City |