Heinrich von Sahr

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Heinrich von Sahr (actually Heinrich Ernst Sahrer von Sahr , born November 2, 1829 in Dresden , † December 6, 1898 in Munich ) was a German composer .

Life

Sahr comes from a wealthy family. His father owned the Dahlen Castle in Majorat in the town of the same name , northwest of Oschatz , and his mother was born Countess Einsiedel .

In spring 1852 he traveled to Düsseldorf , where he first visited Robert Schumann on June 7th - an encounter that shaped his life. In the following days he met Woldemar Bargiel and Albert Dietrich through Schumann .

From the autumn of 1852 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory , where he made the acquaintance of Johannes Brahms in 1853 , whom Robert Schumann had recently welcomed as the coming great master in his famous essay Neue Bahnen . In a letter to Albert Dietrich shortly after this meeting, Sahr wrote:

“It is a heavenly person! How grateful to Schumann for bringing this fellow to light! The days since he's been here are some of the most beautiful I've ever experienced. It corresponds exactly to the ideal, as I made it from an artist. "

Sahr introduced Brahms to important personalities in Leipzig, including Ignaz Moscheles , Ferdinand David and Julius Rietz . From 1863 to 1864 Sahr worked as Kapellmeister in Oldenburg .

In 1868 he moved to Munich and in the same year took a position as a theory teacher at the Munich Music Academy , which he gave up in 1870. After that he no longer held a position, but remained in Munich until his death, ultimately increasingly forgotten.

He remained close friends with Johannes Brahms throughout his life.

Works (selection)

  • op.3 - Voices of the Night , five pieces for piano, dedicated to Ludvig Norman (1854)
  • op. 6 - Nine songs for tenor and piano (1856; digitized )
  • op. 7 - Piano Trio in C minor
  • op. 8 - Twelve children's songs for soprano and piano
  • op.10 - Variations on an own theme for piano (1877)
  • op.11 - Six songs for alto and piano, dedicated to Amalie Joachim (1878)
  • op. 12 - Fantasy pieces for piano, dedicated to Clara Schumann
  • op. 14 - Six songs for soprano and piano, dedicated to Livia Frege

literature

  • Robert Munster : Heinrich von Saar. Traces of a musical life from the Brahms circle , in: Musik in Bayern , Jg. 40 (1990), pp. 19–34
  • Peter Clive: Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary , Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press 2006, pp. 379f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Schumann, Diaries , Volume 3, ed. by Gerd Nauhaus , Leipzig 1982, p. 595
  2. ↑ Max Kalbeck , Johannes Brahms , Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 136 ( online )
  3. ↑ Stephan Schmitt, History of the University of Music and Theater Munich from its beginnings to 1945 , Tutzing 2005, p. 78

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personal data
SURNAME Sahr, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sahr, Ernst Heinrich Sahrer from (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1898
Place of death Munich