Henri Petri
Henri Wilhelm Petri (born April 5, 1856 in Zeist (near Utrecht ), † April 7, 1914 in Dresden ) was a Dutch classical violinist and composer.
Life
Petri spent his youth in Utrecht , where his father was an oboist in the city chapel. First he received violin lessons from these violin lessons, after the death of his father from the concertmaster there, from 1871 three years with Joseph Joachim in Berlin and finally in Brussels .
In 1877 he was a soloist in London, then concertmaster in Sondershausen and Hanover , from October 1882 concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and from 1889 “Royal Saxon Concertmaster” of the Dresden court orchestra . During his time in Leipzig he was also a member of the Gewandhaus Quartet . In Dresden he founded the Petri Quartet .
Petri emerged as a composer with violin pieces and songs.
He is the father of the pianist Egon Petri .
literature
- Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Petri, Henri Wilhelm. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 395 (first edition: 1882).
Web links
- Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski and Waldemar von Wasielewski: The violin and its masters . 4th edition, Sendet, Wiesbaden 1904, p. 518.
- Sheet music and audio files by Henri Petri in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Riemann Music Lexicon. 1961. Petri, Henri Wilhelm.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petri, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petri, Henri Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch classical violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zeist near Utrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1914 |
| Place of death | Dresden |