George Japha
Georg Japha (first name also: George or Georg Joseph ; born August 28, 1834 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † February 25, 1892 in Cologne ) was a German violinist .
Life
Georg Japha received his education from 1850 to 1853 at the Conservatorium der Musik in Leipzig under Ferdinand David and Raimund Dreyschock and later in Paris under Jean-Delphin Alard . Between 1855 and 1857 he played in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra , and found his first permanent position in Frankfurt am Main as the first violinist in the orchestra of the municipal theater. From 1853 to 1863 he worked as a teacher in his home town of Königsberg, where he organized chamber music concerts with Adolf Jensen .
From Königsberg he went on concert tours, including to Russia in the winter of 1857/58 and to London in 1863. In the same year he was appointed concertmaster in Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra and as a violin teacher at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne. Emil Kreuz , Friedrich August Stock and Carl Venth were among his students .
In addition to his teaching activity until 1892, he continued to perform as a soloist and in quartets (also together with Gustav Hollaender ).
Georg Japha was married to his cousin Meta Japha (sister of Louise Japha ). Their common grave is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hallway 52 no. 45-46).
literature
- Dietmar von Capitaine: Conservatorium der Musik in Cologne . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-5294-7 .
- WL Hubbard: The American History and Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies Part One . Irving Squire, London 1910.
- Friedrich Frick: Small Biographical Lexicon of Violinists: From the beginning of the violin playing… 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3907-8 .
- Moritz Rudolph (ed.): Riga Theater and Tonkünstler Lexikon . Riga 1890.
- Theodore Baker: Biographical dictionary of musicians . Schirmer, New York 1900. ( www.archive.org )
- Hubert Kolland: Langhans, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 603 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Old Prussian biography , p. 967
Individual evidence
- ^ Cologne death certificates, page Stadt-1892-02-0413 : Japha George (911)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Japha, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Japha, George Joseph; Japha, Georg Joseph; Japha, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violin player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1892 |
| Place of death | Cologne |