Heinrich Grünfeld (musician)
Heinrich Grünfeld (born April 21, 1855 in Prague , † August 26, 1931 in Berlin ) was an Austrian- German cellist and music teacher .
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Heinrich Grünfeld came from a wealthy Jewish family. He was born in Prague-Neustadt as the fourth of ten children of the leather merchant Moses Grünfeld (* 1817 Kolin an der Elbe) and his wife Regina, née Pick (* 1826 Ossegg). His brother Alfred became the second born child, he became a well-known pianist and composer. Heinrich Grünfeld studied at the Prague Conservatory with František Hegenbarth until 1873 . From 1873 to 1875 he worked as a solo cellist at the Komische Oper Vienna . In 1876 he went to Berlin, where he worked again as a solo cellist in 1876/1877 and taught at Theodor Kullak's New Academy of Music from 1876 to 1884 .
In 1878 he founded the subscription concerts for chamber music together with Xaver Scharwenka and Gustav Hollaender . Later, Émile Sauret (1915–1920), Max von Pauer and Florián Zajíc (1915–1924) were his partners. The concerts took place regularly for more than 50 years in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and were not stopped until 1930, when Grünfeld withdrew from active musicianship.
He went on numerous concert tours in Germany, Austria-Hungary , Russia , Italy , France and the USA - often together with his brother Alfred . With Moritz Mayer-Mahr (piano) and Alfred Wittenberg (violin), he formed the Berlin Trio Association . In 1886 he was appointed Prussian court violon cellist, and in 1904 royal professor.
Grünfeld was known for his quick wit. He frequented the literary salon of Richard M. Meyer and his wife Estella and the house of the coal magnate Eduard Arnhold . According to Siegmund Kaznelson (Jews in the German cultural sector) , he was remembered as a “lovable representative of the more intimate genre and chamber musician”.
Grünfeld had been married to Adelheid Andree (1870–?) Since 1910. He was buried in the Wilmersdorf cemetery, his grave no longer exists today.
He also belonged to the Freemasons , like his brother Alfred.
Works
- Transcriptions and compositions for violoncello written by him in the Fürstner Verlag in Berlin .
- Bernhard Romberg : Cello School. Newly revised (sic!) And edited by J [ules] de Swert and H. Grünfeld. Bote & Bock, Berlin 1888, new edition 1925.
- Heinrich Grünfeld: In major and minor. Encounters and experiences from 50 years . With a foreword by Gerhart Hauptmann . Grethlein & Co., Leipzig 1923.
literature
- Article Grünfeld, Heinrich in: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . Dresden: Limpert 1929 (information based on information provided by the musicians)
- Grünfeld Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 90.
Web links
- Sound carrier with Heinrich Grünfeld as cellist in the SLUB Dresden (can be heard online)
- Contemporary appreciation from: Adolph Kohut: Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Humanity. 1st volume. Payne, Leipzig-Reudnitz 1901
- Grünfeld's obituary notice
Individual evidence
- ↑ National archives of the Czech Republic: Národní archiv , Konskripční seznamy - pobytové přihlášky pražských obyvatel z let 1850–1914 / on line
- ↑ Müller, German Musicians Lexicon calls “Berlin. SymphKapelle ”as an orchestra
- ↑ Christiane Wanjura-Hübner: Commemorative Almanac: Musicians buried in Berlin. LandesMusikRat Berlin, Berlin 1992, p. 29.
- ^ Max Meyerfeld: An artist anniversary . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 13, 1928, evening edition, no. 2082, see [1]
- ^ Entry in the catalog of the SLUB Dresden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünfeld, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1931 |
| Place of death | Berlin |