Friedrich Ernst Koch
Friedrich Ernst Koch (born July 3, 1862 in Berlin ; † January 30, 1927 there ) was a German composer and music teacher.
Life
Koch came from a family of artists. The father and two brothers, including Max Friedrich Koch , were well-known and successful history painters of the imperial era who specialized in monumental paintings.
Koch taught at the Lessing Gymnasium in Berlin . He was a student of Friedrich Kiel . As early as 1891 he performed his own compositions in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . In 1917 he became a theory and composition teacher at the Berlin University of Music and, in 1920, succeeded Engelbert Humperdinck in the master class for composition at the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) . At the time, the university and academy were still institutionally connected.
Koch appeared as a composer with an opera , a mass , cantatas , oratorios , symphonies , orchestral and choral works.
Friedrich Ernst Koch died in Berlin in 1927 at the age of 64 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Berlin-Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
Works (selection)
- Symphony No. 1, Von der Nordsee , D minor, for orchestra, op.4, Leipzig etc., Breitkopf & Härtel , 1891
- Symphony No. 2 , G major, op.10, Berlin, Bote & G. Bock
- Petite Suite , for violin and piano , op.12 , London , Augener & Co, 1900
- Latin Mass , G major, for 4 voices, 2 violins, obbligato organ and 2 horns ad lib., Op. 14, Munich, Falter
- Three character pieces , duo, for violoncello and piano, op.17, Munich, Aiblinger, 1897
- Das Sonnenlied , for choir, individual parts, orchestra and organ, based on the words of “Sôlarliodh” by Max Bamberger, op. 26, Bote & G. Bock, 1901
- Alleluia! , Festkantata for choir, individual parts and orchestra, op.27, Quedlinburg , Vieweg, 1902
- Von der Tageszeiten , oratorio in his own words, for choir, individual voices, orchestra and organ, op.29, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf., 1905
- The German fir. An idyll from the German mountain forest in his own words , for deep male voice, choir and orchestra, op. 30, Leipzig, Kahnt, 1906
- German Rhapsody , Concerto for violin and orchestra, op.31, Leipzig, CF Kahnt successor, 1907
- Die Sündflut , oratorio based on the Bible and own words, for individual voices, choir, orchestra and organ, op.32, Leipzig, Rahter, 1910
- Die Hügelmühle , tragic opera in 3 acts (with free use of the story of the same name by Karl Gjellerup), op. 41, Leipzig, self-published, 1917
- The prophecy of Isaiah , chamber cantata at Christmas time for four-part mixed choir, soprano solo, string instruments, 2 French horns and organ ad lib. or with organ alone, op.42, Leipzig, Leuckart, ca.1900
- Gethsemane , Lamento for organ, organ solo, op.44, Leipzig, CF Kahnt, 1920
literature
- Thomas-M. Langner: Friedrich Koch. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Thomas-M. Langner: Koch, Friedrich E. (Ernst) . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): The music in past and present . Volume 7, Bärenreiter, Kassel [et al.] 1958
Web links
- Works by and about Friedrich Ernst Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Friedrich Ernst Koch in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 304.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koch, Friedrich Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1927 |
| Place of death | Berlin |