Louis Homilius

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Louis Homilius (also Ludwig or Lui Homilius; Russian Людвиг Фридрихович (Луи Фёдорович) Гомилиус ; born  May 25, 1845 in Saint Petersburg ; †  December 27, 1908 there ) was an organist , cellist and conductor of German origin in Saint Petersburg.

Life and music

Louis Homilius' father, Friedrich Christian Homilius (1813–1902), came from Saxony and was a virtuoso for violoncello and horn . He was a relative of the famous Saxon composer and organist Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785). In 1838 Friedrich Christian Homilius moved with his family to the Russian capital Saint Petersburg.

There the son Louis Homilius followed in his father's musical footsteps. He studied with Anton Rubinstein until 1865 and then with Karl Dawidow until 1868 . He then worked as a cellist at the Imperial Opera from 1868 to 1872.

As the successor to Heinrich Stiehl (1829–1886), who was also of German descent , Louis Homilius was appointed professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory . There he represented the organ. During his teaching activity, Homilius brought numerous budding musicians and composers from the Baltic States to Saint Petersburg, such as Artur Kapp , Rudolf Tobias , Peeter Süda , Miina Härma , Mart Saar , Otto Hermann .

Louis Homilius was the brother of the composer and organist of the Reformed Church in Saint Petersburg, Constantin Homilius (1840-1918).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b french-horn.net: short biography of Friedrich Christian Homilius , accessed on 10 April 2016th
  2. ^ Rudolf Maria Breithaupt: The natural piano technique. Kahnt, Leipzig, 1905 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ Alexander Poznansky: Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1999, ISBN 0-253-33545-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Homilius, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Homilius, Ludwig; Homilius, Lui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-German organist, cellist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1908
Place of death St. Petersburg