Hugo Hunter

Hugo Jäger, Dessau

Hugo Jäger (born May 17, 1848 in Warmbrunn , Lower Silesia , † after 1911) was a German cellist .

Act

Jäger was a student of David Popper in Vienna and Friedrich Grützmacher sen. in Dresden. After completing his training, he became a member of the court orchestra of Prince Konstantin zu Hohenzollern in Löwenberg ( Lower Silesia ). After their dissolution he worked as a solo cellist in Ems , Altenburg , Braunschweig and Pavlovsk near St. Petersburg . In 1874 he became a member of the ducal court orchestra in Dessau , where he was the first solo cellist since the death of his predecessor Karl Lübbe in 1888.

"Jäger has often performed successfully as a soloist and has made himself particularly well known as a chamber music player."

literature

• Contemporary violoncellists in words and pictures. Verlaganstalt und Druckerei A.-G., Hamburg (formerly JF Richter) 1903, pp. 108–109.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical information from the WeGA ( Weber Complete Edition , accessed on October 8, 2017)
2. ^ ^{A b} Carl Schroeder : Catechism of the violoncell playing. Hesse, Leipzig 1890, p. 99 (from Google Books , accessed October 8, 2017)
3. ↑ Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski : The violoncell and its history. 2nd Edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1911, p. 155 (accessed October 10, 2017).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Contemporary violoncellists in words and pictures. Verlaganstalt und Druckerei A.-G., Hamburg 1903 (accessed on October 9, 2017)