Hugo Heermann
Hugo Heermann (born March 3, 1844 in Heilbronn , † November 6, 1935 in Meran ) was a German violinist .
Life
He studied violin with Lambert Joseph Meert at Conservatory in Brussels , later with Joseph Joachim . From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main , where he taught violin at the Hoch Conservatory from 1878 to 1904 . He played 1st violin with Hugo Becker , Fritz Bassermann and Adolf Rebner in the Museum Quartet (also known as the Heermann Quartet). Between 1906 and 1909 he taught at the Chicago Musical College , in 1911 at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and in 1912 at the Conservatory in Geneva . He was the soloist of the first performances of the Brahms Violin Concerto in Paris , New York and Australia . After his resignation in 1922, he lived mainly in Meran in South Tyrol .
In 1883 Theodor Kirchner dedicated his Romance and Schlummerlied op. 63 for violin and piano to Heermann .
Publications
- Charles-Auguste de Bériots École transcendentale du violon , ed. by Hugo Heermann, 1896
- Hugo Heermann, Meine Lebenserinnerungen , private print, Leipzig 1935 - new edition with biographical and documentary appendix by Günther Emig , Heilbronn 1994 and Niederstetten 2007
literature
- Peter Cahn, The Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978) , Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians , ed. by Nicolas Slonimsky , New York: G. Schirmer, 1958
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugo Heermann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heermann, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1935 |
| Place of death | Merano , Italy |