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Max Hess (skier)
Max Hess may refer to: * Max Hess (musician) (1878–1975), German horn player * Max Hess (gymnast) (1877–1969), American gymnast and track and field athlete * Max Hess (athlete) (born 1996), German triple jumper {{Hndis, Hess, Max ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hess (musician)
Max Hess (March 1, 1878 - January 25, 1975) was a noted German horn player. Born in Klingenthal, Saxony, Hess studied with Friedrich Gumpert in Germany from 1896-99. He first played the hand horn before switching to the valved horn. From 1899-1905, he played with the Frankfurt Philharmonic, the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne (where he played in the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony in 1904), and with the Liszt Society. In 1905, Hess moved to the United States to play with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he remained until 1925. He then joined the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its primary concert venue is Music Hall. In addition to its symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts as the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The Cinc ..., retiring in 1937. He spent the final years of his life in a nursing home near Boston, Massachusetts. References The Horn So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hess (gymnast)
Max Hess (December 29, 1877 – June 22, 1969) was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He was born in Coburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ..., and came to America at an early age, settling in Philadelphia. In 1904 he won the gold medal in gymnastics in the team event. He was also 10th in athletics' triathlon event, 31st in gymnastics' all-around competition and 50th in gymnastics' triathlon event. He was affiliated with Philadelphia's well-known Turngemeinde Athletic Club, a successful organization that sent seven other athletes to the 1904 Olympics. The Turngemeinde was one of the oldest German-American Turner, or gymnastics clubs in the United States, and was founded in 1849. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |