Hugo de Senger
Franz Ludwig Hugo de Senger ( September 13, 1835 in Nördlingen - January 18, 1892 in Geneva ) was a German composer , conductor and music teacher .
Life
After Senger had completed a law degree in Munich and Leipzig, he began studying piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory .
From 1861 to 1865 he conducted at the Stadttheater St. Gallen , from 1865 to 1866 at the Stadttheater Zürich and from 1866 to 1869 the Orchester de la Ville et de Beau-Rivage in Lausanne .
In the years from 1869 to 1871 and 1874 to 1880 he was the conductor of the newly founded Société des concerts symphoniques .
In 1879 he married Mathilde Trampedach , who had come to Geneva with her younger sister three years earlier to study piano with him. Friedrich Nietzsche had already cast an eye on Mathilde Trampedach and had de Senger bring her a marriage proposal on April 11, 1876, which she refused after having met Nietzsche only a few hours earlier.
In 1880 de Senger founded the Geneva City Orchestra , which he directed until his death.
His son Alexander von Senger (1880–1968) was an architect and architectural theorist in Switzerland and Germany under National Socialism . His grandson is Harro von Senger (* 1944), a Swiss lawyer and sinologist.
Web links
- Hugo de Senger in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Antonio Baldassarre: Senger, Hugo de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Remarks
- ↑ Year of birth according to the HLS, BMLO writes 1832.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Senger, Hugo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Senger, Franz Ludwig Hugo de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1892 |
| Place of death | Geneva |
- ↑ Mario Leis, Women around Nietzsche , Hamburg (rowohlt), 2000, p. 26ff.