Georg Riemenschneider (composer)

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Georg Riemenschneider (born April 1, 1848 in Stralsund , † September 14, 1913 in Breslau ) was a German conductor and composer .

Life

Georg Riemenschneider, the son of a Stralsund wagon builder, was a student of Karl Adolf Lorenz in Stettin and August Haupt in Berlin. After that he was theater music director a. a. at the Deutsche Oper in Amsterdam . From 1889 to 1898 Riemenschneider directed the Philharmonic Orchestra in Breslau. He was appointed professor in 1907, gave music lessons and wrote music reviews for the " Schlesische Zeitung ".

Riemenschneider wrote symphonic poems , organ works and operas. He set Low German poems to music and was a popular Fritz Reuter reciter.

Works (selection)

  • Festival prelude for large orchestra . Leipzig 1874
  • Moon magic . Opera. First performance in Gdansk 1887
  • Rügen . Symphonic poetry
  • 23 Low German songs for a voice with piano accompaniment . (approx. 1899)

literature

  • Erich Müller: Pomeranian Memorial Days . In: Unser Pommerland , 8 (1923) 4, p. 136
  • E. Wiedemann: Georg Riemenschneider . In: Music in Pomerania. Issue 2 1933, pp. 57-59

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personal data
SURNAME Riemenschneider, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1913
Place of death Wroclaw