Robert Fischhof
Robert Fischhof (born October 31, 1856 in Vienna ; † March 31, 1918 there ) was an Austrian pianist and composer .
Life
Robert Fischhof was the son of the banker Julius Fischhof (1823–1887), the younger brother of Joseph Fischhof ; his mother was Louise Fischhof geb. Strakosch (1833–1874), a sister of the composer Maurice Strakosch and piano student of Clara Schumann .
He received his first training from his mother, from 1875 to 1880 he studied at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , today's University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , including with Anton Door (piano) and with Anton Bruckner and Franz Krenn (composition). He then continued his studies with Theodor Leschetitzky and Franz Liszt .
Fischhof developed a lively concert activity in the following years, which took him all over Europe.
In 1882 he left Judaism and was baptized a Roman Catholic. In 1884 he became a professor at the Vienna Conservatory. In the last years of his life he only appeared with his own works.
Shortly before his death, he published memoirs about his encounters with Johannes Brahms , Gustav Mahler , Pablo de Sarasate , Edvard Grieg , Charles Gounod , Camille Saint-Saëns , Ruggero Leoncavallo , Alexander Dumas , Guy de Maupassant , Émile Zola and other contemporaries.
literature
- Robert Fischhof, encounters on my way through life. Chats, memories and impressions from a young age , Vienna: Hugo Heller 1916 ( digitized version )
- Ingeborg Harer, Christian Fastl, Monika Kornberger: Fischhof, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louise Fischhof's obituary notice
- ↑ See Fischhof (1916), p. 31 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischhof, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |