Jakob Rosenhain

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Jakob Rosenhain

Jakob Rosenhain ( Jacob , Jacques ) (born December 2, 1813 in Mannheim ; † March 21, 1894 in Baden-Baden ) was a German - Jewish pianist and composer . He is the brother of the pianist Eduard Rosenhain .

Life

The banker's son Jakob Rosenhain received his musical training on the piano in Mannheim with Jacob Schmitt and as a composer with Jan Václav Kalivoda and Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee in Frankfurt am Main .

He made his first public appearances at the age of eleven. In 1830 he was able to perform as a virtuoso at a concert on the famous violinist Niccolò Paganini's trip to Germany . In 1834 he wrote the opera The visit to the madhouse (libretto by Johann Gottlieb Rhode ), which premiered on December 29, 1834 in Frankfurt. Rosenhain went on concert tours through Germany and in 1837 gave a guest performance as a soloist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra , which left a lasting impression. In Frankfurt he became a member of the Masonic Lodge "Zur Aufstieg Morgenröthe".

After the death of Johann Nepomuk Hummel in 1837, Rosenhain could have taken on the position of Kapellmeister in Weimar, but moved to Paris . There he gave chamber concerts and made friends with Luigi Cherubini and Gioachino Rossini , among others . Cherubini and Rossini also explicitly promoted him together with Hector Berlioz as a representative of German music. Rosenhain continued to come to Germany for concerts. For example, on September 26, 1839, in a concert given by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, a friend of his, he played numerous self-composed piano pieces which - like his playing - received great praise from contemporary critics: "Rosenhain makes music for music's sake".

Rosenhain's second opera “Liswenna” (1835), which he reworked in Paris in 1851 into “Le Démon de la nuit (Etienne Arago)” and which premiered there in the same year at the Paris Opera , is considered lost. In 1843 he worked with Johann Baptist Cramer at a piano school . He was known and appreciated among his contemporaries. For example, 15-year-old Johannes Brahms opened his first own concert on September 21, 1848 with a composition by Rosenhain (Adagio and Rondo from the A major concerto). The political events of 1870 made Rosenhain leave Paris and move to Baden-Baden, where he lived until his death.

Works

Operas
  • The visit to the madhouse (1834)
  • Liswenna (1835)
  • Le Demon de la Nuit (1851)
  • Volage et Jaloux (1863)
orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1 in G minor, op.42
  • Symphony No. 2 in F minor, op.43 (possibly premiered in 1846 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig)
  • Symphony No. 3 “In Spring”, op. 61

Rosenhain also wrote numerous piano works and songs.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus: German biographical encyclopedia . P. 540.
  2. ↑ Article in: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , December 15, 1893.
  3. ↑ a b c Meyers Konversationslexikon, Volume 13, Page 190, Leipzig, 1889.
  4. ↑ List of works performed by the Philharmonic Society ( DjVu ) A Dictionary of Music and Musicians at Wikisource .
  5. ↑ The whole quote reads: “His playing is praised as being preferably tender and delicate; at the same time it is held by solid, solid strength. In any case, there is a virtuoso here who is there for the sake of the musician; Rosenhain makes music for music's sake, i. H. his virtuosity serves the thought content of his art. ”In: Zeitung for the elegant world , 39th year, October 1839, p. 772.
  6. ^ A b James Duff Brown: Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 1886
  7. ^ The Musical times , Volume 40. Novello, 1899.
  8. ^ Library of Congress Permalink for Second Symphony, Sommermeyer Edition . Retrieved January 17, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenhain, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenhain, Jacob; Rosenhain, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1894
Place of death Baden-Baden