Rudolph von Hertzberg

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Rudolph von Hertzberg (born January 6, 1818 in Berlin ; † November 22, 1893 there ) was a German music director and singing teacher at the Royal Cathedral Choir in Berlin .

Life

Hertzberg showed an affection for music at an early age and received lessons from various teachers. He decided on his profession when he was ten years old when he took piano lessons from teacher Rudolph Killitschgy and later from Ludwig Bergers . Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn taught him the composition .

After completing his musical studies, he traveled to Italy in autumn 1836 , where he stayed for several years, mainly in Naples , Rome and Milan . After he returned to Berlin in 1838, he devoted himself primarily to teaching.

In 1847 he was appointed to succeed Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn as singing teacher of the Royal Cathedral Choir, and in the exercise of this office he found complete satisfaction in his artistic endeavors. In 1858 he was appointed Royal Music Director. After August Neithardt's death , he succeeded him in the position of director of the Royal Cathedral Choir. He held this post until his retirement in 1889.

As a composer he only appeared publicly in earlier years; later he came to the view that his productive talent was at least not so excellent as to achieve more than the usual, which is why he gave up publishing his compositions.

Works

Songs etc.

  • Pictures of the Orient ( Heinrich Wilhelm Stieglitz ) op. 1; Berlin: CW Froehlich, 1836
  • 6 chants op. 3; Berlin: CW Froehlich, 1836
  • 6 chants op. 4; Berlin: Gustav Crantz, 1838
  • Elven song “The elf sits in the moon beam ” ( Ernst Schulze ), for baritone with pianoforte op. 6; Berlin: Cranz, 1838
  • 3 chants op. 8; Berlin: Gustav Crantz, 1839
  • 6 chants op. 9; Berlin: Gustav Crantz, 1839

Piano works

  • Rondo brilliant op. 2; Berlin: CW Froehlich, 1836
  • Pièce lyrique op. 5; Berlin: Gustav Crantz, 1838
  • Var. de Conc. (Ah perchè) op. 7; Berlin: Gustav Crantz, 1838
  • Due Scherzi (G minor, D minor) op.10; Leipzig: Peters, 1840.
  • Divertimento in C op. 11; Leipzig: Klemm, undated
  • Scherzo, as a supplement d. "Iris" from 1838, Berlin: Trautwein

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