Henry Schallehn

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John Henry Frederick Schallehn (actually Heinrich Schallehn ; born September 4, 1815 in Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Prussia , † July 27, 1891 in London ) was a German musician, conductor , composer and music teacher in England and Canada.

Life

Heinrich Schallehn was a musician and conductor in the Royal Prussian Army . He emigrated from Prussia to England and was military bandmaster with the 17th Lancers Regiment in London from 1845 to 1857.

He composed several pieces of music, mainly military and march music , which were published in 1848 by Verlag A. & S. Nordheimer in Toronto and Verlag Adam Stodart in New York . From 1849 to 1850 he performed at concerts of the Toronto Philharmonic Society as a conductor, concertmaster , piano accompanist and as a violin and clarinet soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Toronto and Hamilton . From 1850 he taught singing at Upper Canada College and was Kapellmeister at the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot in Fort York in Toronto.

In 1854 he published the composition The Christmas tree quadrille in London . Composed on old songs for young singers . From 1854–1855 he was a conductor at the Crystal Palace . From the beginning of May 1854 , his assistant was August Manns , who became his successor after Schallehn's dismissal in 1855. On March 3, 1857 he became the first music director in the Kneller Hall of the newly founded Royal Military School of Music (RMSM) in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames .

Trivia

The older brother Theodore Schallehn (1812-1896) was a pianist and composer in Saratoga Springs . He published in New York and Toronto following songs: The lilla polka (1850), The Amy polka (1850), The fatherland waltzes (1851), Niagara polka (1853), Verbena Scottish (1854), The ringlet Scottish (1854) International quickstep (1855), Belmont polka (1855), Hiawatha Scottish (1856), Forget-me-not Scottish (1856). The brother Ferdinand Schallehn was a violinist.

Compositions 1848 (selection)

  • Cathcart polkas
  • Scotch Fusilier's guards polka
  • The Assembly Waltzes
  • Ontario Quickstep March
  • Assembly galop
  • The Osborne House polka
  • The Marien polka
  • The Rifle Brigade quadrilles
  • The Christmas tree quadrille (1854)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Percy Marshall Young: Sir Arthur Sullivan. Dent, London 1971, p. 32 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Percy Marshall Young: George Grove, 1820-1900. A biography. Macmillan, London 1980, ISBN 0-333-19602-3 , p. 63 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Arthur Jacobs: Arthur Sullivan. A Victorian Musician. Routledge Revivals. 2nd Edition. Scolar Press, Aldershot 1992, ISBN 0-85967-905-5 , ( limited preview in Google book search).
  4. ↑ a b c d Helmut Kallmann : Henry Schallehn ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Henry Schallehn. Open Music Library, accessed January 22, 2019 .
  6. ^ A b Henry Schallehn: The Christmas tree quadrille. 1854, accessed November 29, 2018 .
  7. ^ Jan R. Piggott: Palace of the People. The Crystal Palace at Syndenham 1854-1936 . Hurst & Co., London 2004, ISBN 1-85065-727-0 , pp. 198-199 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  8. ↑ Sir August Manns. The Norwood Society, accessed November 28, 2018 .
  9. ^ Michael Musgrave: The Musical Life of the Crystal Palace. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1995, ISBN 0-521-37562-2 , pp. 67 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  10. ^ Theodore Schallehn. Open Music Library, accessed January 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schallehn, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schallehn, Heinrich; Schallehn, Johann Heinrich Friedrich; Schallehn, John Henry Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Musician, conductor, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Prussia
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1891
Place of death London