Otto Heinrich Lange

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Otto Heinrich Lange (* 17th April 1821 in Bremervörde ; † 17th April 1887 in Hannover ) was a German pianist , choir director , composer and publisher of several folk songs - Collections . Lange's work is one of the prerequisites for founding the Lower Saxony Church Choir Association .

Life

Lange's niece Helene Lange ;
Photography: Atelier Elvira , Munich, before 1899

Born at the time of the Kingdom of Hanover as the paternal uncle of the later women's rights activist Helene Lange , Otto Heinrich Lange completed his musical training first in Leipzig , then also in the then royal seat of Hanover.

After Otto Heinrich Lange had already joined the Hanover Art Association in 1854 , King George V , who resided in Hanover, appointed the musician in 1857 to be the second conductor of the Royal Court and Church Choir , later the Hanover Cathedral Choir , also known as the Hanover Palace Church Choir . In the year of the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia , Otto Heinrich Lange initially rose to the position of first conductor “on probation ” in 1866, only to take this position for an unlimited period in 1867, until his retirement in 1886.

During his tenure, Otto Heinrich Lange continuously improved the quality of the choir he directed, composed his own songs and arranged other choral works . In addition, Lange published several collections of folk songs.

According to the address book of the royal capital and residence city of Hanover, the music director was awarded the Golden Medal of Honor for Art and Science in 1866 .

Otto Heinrich Lange died on his 66th birthday in Hanover.

Tomb

Otto Heinrich Lange's tomb can be found in the Engesohde city cemetery , department 39C , grave number 8 .

Works (selection)

  • Foreign song treasure. Collection of foreign folk songs , ed. by Otto Heinrich Lange,
    • Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1886 (116 pages, only notes)
    • Leipzig: Edition Peters, [approx. 1910] (116 pages with German, French, English and Italian texts)
  • Selected songs for a voice with piano accompaniment, ed. by Hermann Brune (130 pages); Adolph Nagel range, Hanover, approx. 1880/1900 (1 copy in the holdings of the Hanover City Library )
  • Requiem , E flat major by Niccolò Jommelli, arranged by Otto Heinrich Lange, Braunschweig: Litolff, (undated, 63 pages)
  • Child's dream in holy night , adaptation of the German folk tune Silent Night, holy night for the pianoforte , Hamburg: Cranz, posthumously around 1910 (sheet music on 7 pages)

literature

  • Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography (in Gothic script ), Vol. II: In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866 ; Hanover: Sponholtz, 1914, p. 358

Remarks

  1. ↑ Deviating from this, the year of birth is called "1817"; compare: Christl Wickert :  Lange, Helene. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 559 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Deviating from this, Volume 1 is named: Hanover under the Kurhut 1646–1815 ; Hanover: Sponholtz, 1916

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Hugo Thielen : Lange, (3) Otto Heinrich. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 222; online through google books
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Hugo Thielen: Lange, (2) Otto Heinrich. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 386.
  3. ↑ a b Christl Wickert:  Lange, Helene. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 559 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Compare Werner Menke: 75 years of the Hannoverscher Schlosskirchenchor (cathedral choir). A contribution to the history of art and culture in Hanover , Hildburghausen: Gadow, 1932 (from: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Kirchenmusik , Vol. 10, 1932. No. 7-10), see also the data set of the German National Library
  5. ^ Franz Rudolf Zankl : Medal of Honor for Art and Science. In: Hanover Archive , sheet K 34
  6. ↑ Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities at the Engesohde town cemetery , A3 leaflet with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Otto Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Otto H .; Long, OH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, choir director, composer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremervörde
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1887
Place of death Hanover