Fritz von Bose
Fritz von Bose (born October 16, 1865 in Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) , † May 10, 1945 in Leipzig ) was a German pianist, music professor and composer.
Life
He received his first piano lessons from his father Carl Emil von Bose. In 1874 the family moved to Leipzig; there Bose became a piano student of Heinrich Klesse .
Bose studied from 1883 at the then famous Leipzig Conservatory (it was the first in Germany and was founded by Mendelssohn in 1843), including with Carl Reinecke (he was considered his favorite student). During a stay in Hamburg in 1887/88 he met the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow , who gave him important impulses.
Back in Leipzig in 1888, von Bose began his international career as a concert pianist and as a chamber music accompanist. He toured Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia with the mezzo-soprano Alice Barbi . His piano playing was praised for his "clear, careful and fine drawing", the "blooming color, the sense of musical architecture and sculpture". Even then, Fritz von Bose represented a "rare piano culture that preserved the best and finest of Leipzig's classical and romantic tradition of the academy" ( Walter Niemann ).
In 1893 von Bose took over an apprenticeship for piano playing in Karlsruhe, and in 1898 a similar position in Leipzig. There he was appointed professor in 1912 and remained so until his retirement in 1932. He is one of the outstanding teachers at the Leipzig Conservatory (alongside Julius Rietz , Robert Teichmüller , Hermann Kretzschmar , Max Reger and Karl Straube ).
His catalog raisonné includes 40 works; it was compiled by Erika von Bose (1929–2017), granddaughter of the composer.
During his lifetime he was referred to as "Leipziger Brahms"; a 'Mendelssohnian lightness' is considered typical of his compositions.
His estate is kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library.
Others
Fritz von Bose made music with Clara Schumann (1819–1896) and Joseph Joachim and Julius Klengel . He met Johannes Brahms and Peter Tschaikowsky and was a. a. friends with the conductor Josef Sautier.
In 1906, on the occasion of Mozart's 150th birthday, he played together with the then 81-year-old Carl Reinecke in a Gewandhaus concert conducted by Arthur Nikisch Mozart's 10th Concerto for two pianos ( KV 365 , E flat major); the two were enthusiastically celebrated for this.
Discography
In 2011 his music was released for the first time on CD: Piano Suites No. 1 & 2 (op. 9 & 20); 3 piano pieces op. 10; Elegy op. 21 No. 1; Variations op.17 ( Alexandra Oehler , piano).
Web links
Fritz von Bose estate in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bose, Fritz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |