Hermann Zopff

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Hermann Zopff (born June 1, 1826 in Glogau ; † July 12, 1883 in Leipzig ) was a German musicologist and composer.

Life

Hermann Zopff initially studied agriculture in Breslau and Berlin at his father's behest. His father wanted his son to put his musical interests aside and earn a living as a farmer. It was not until the successful performance of one of his first compositions, an overture , that the father decided to release his son for a musical career.

At the age of 24, Zopff went to Berlin in 1850 and became a private student of Adolf Bernhard Marx . At the Stern Conservatory he took piano training with Theodor Kullak . He founded an opera academy and composed a number of music-theatrical works. In 1856 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate, from then on worked as a teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory and made a name for himself as an influential music critic . During this time he became a supporter of Richard Wagner .

By Franz Brendel he was the editor of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik appointed and in 1868 co-responsible publisher. He was also an active member of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein .

Publications

  • The demands of life on art ; 1862
  • Judas Maccabäus ; 1879 (Opera in four acts, Op. 46)
  • Fantasia (free transcription of the entrance choir of 'Adoration of God')
  • Basics of a theory of opera ; 1868 ( online )
  • The budding conductor ; 1881

literature

  • Christopher Fifield: Zopff, Hermann . In: Grove Music Online . Oxford University Press, Oxford (encyclopedia on CD-ROM).

Internet

Wikisource: Hermann Zopff  - Sources and full texts

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians_vol_4.djvu/529
  2. ↑ Dean Cáceres: The real and inner in art. The composer, conductor and teacher Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897): a contribution to the music history of the unknown 19th century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008. ISBN 978-3-89971-719-8 . P. 340.
  3. ↑ http://grandemusica.net/musical-biographies-z/zopff-hermann
personal data
SURNAME Zopff, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Głogów
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1883
Place of death Leipzig