Hermann Finzenhagen

Carl Hermann Ludwig Finzenhagen (born January 6, 1825 in Oebisfelde , † August 14, 1914 in Magdeburg ) was a German organist, conductor and composer.

Life

Hermann Finzenhagen was a son of the teacher Friedrich Finzenhagen in Oebisfelde. He attended the Royal Evangelical Teachers' College in Magdeburg. In 1849 he became a teacher at the secondary school for girls.

From the end of 1851 he worked as an organist at the Jacobi Church in Magdeburg, which is no longer in existence . In 1861 he founded a mixed choir, the association for sacred and secular choral singing , which was also known in Magdeburg as the Finzenhagenscher Gesangverein . The choir participated in festive services. With hosted him Finzenhagen folk concerts with free admission.

His son Ludwig Hermann Otto Finzenhagen (1860–1931) also became an organist in Magdeburg.

Works

Choral preludes for organ
- Jesus, my joy ( digitized version )
Songs for voice and piano
Choral compositions (motets, cantatas, songs)

Awards

Title Royal Music Director (1881)
Royal Crown Order (Prussia) , 4th class (1899 for the 50th anniversary of service)
Order of the Red Eagle , 4th grade (retired in 1906)

literature

Johannes Fischer: Finzenhagen, Hermann. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 ( article online ).

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Hermann Finzenhagen in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

↑ Place of birth not Magdeburg, according to the entry in the death register, registry office Magdeburg Altstadt No. 1592/1914, accessed via ancestry.com on March 1, 2018
↑ In Internet Archive falsely assigned his son; the author is but clearly as H. Finzenhagen, organist at St. Jacobi Church identified

personal data
SURNAME	Finzenhagen, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Finzenhagen, Carl Hermann Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oebisfelde
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1914
Place of death	Magdeburg

[1] Place of birth not Magdeburg, according to the entry in the death register, registry office Magdeburg Altstadt No. 1592/1914, accessed via ancestry.com on March 1, 2018

[2] In Internet Archive falsely assigned his son; the author is but clearly as H. Finzenhagen, organist at St. Jacobi Church identified