Piano Quintet No. 2 In B Minor Op. 63 Iv. Allegro Giocoso Ma Non Troppo Presto - Musica

Piano Quintet No. 2 In B Minor Op. 63 Iv. Allegro Giocoso Ma Non Troppo Presto by Friedrich Gernsheim

Friedrich Gernsheim

Biografia dell'artista Friedrich Gernsheim

Friedrich Gernsheim Worms July 17 1839–Berlin September 10 1916 Was A German Composer Conductor And Pianist. He Was Given His First Musical Training At Home Under His Mother's Care Then Starting From The Age Of Seven Under Worms' Musical Director Louis Liebe A Former Pupil Of Louis Spohr. His Father A Prominent Jewish Physician Moved The Family To Frankfurt Am Main In The Aftermath Of The Year Of Revolutions 1848. He Made His First Public Appearance As A Concert Pianist In 1850 And Toured For Two Seasons Then Settled With His Family In Leipzig Where He Studied Piano With Ignaz Moscheles From 1852. He Spent The Years 1855–1860 In Paris Meeting Gioacchino Rossini Édouard Lalo And Camille Saint-Saëns. His Travels Afterwards Took Him To Saarbrücken Where In 1861 He Took The Conductor Post Vacated By Hermann Levi To Cologne Where In 1865 Ferdinand Hiller Appointed Him To The Staff Of The Conservatory One Of His Pupils Was Engelbert Humperdinck He Then Served As Musical Director Of The Philharmonic Society Of Rotterdam 1874-1890. In The Latter Year He Became A Teacher At The Stern Conservatory In Berlin And In 1897 Moved There To Teach At The Academy Of Arts Where He Was Elected To The Senate In 1897. Gernsheim Was A Prolific Composer Especially Of Orchestral Chamber And Instrumental Music And Songs. Some Of His Works Tend To Jewish Subject-Matter Notably The Third Symphony On The Legend Of The Song Of Miriam. His Earlier Works Show The Influence Of Schumann And From 1868 When He First Became Friendly With Brahms A Brahmsian Influence Is Very Palpable. Gernsheim's Four Symphonies The First Of Which Was Written Before The Publication Of Brahms' First Symphony Are An Interesting Example Of The Reception Of Brahmsian Style By A Sympathetic And Talented Contemporary. Gernsheim's Last Works Most Notably His Zu Einem Drama 1902 Show Him Moving Away From That Into Something More Personal.