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Mengelberg
Mengelberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Augustin Mengelberg (1710–1763), abbot of Kloster Heisterbach *Egidius Mengelberg (1770–1849), German portrait painter * Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg (1837–1919), German-Dutch sculptor, grandson of Egidius Mengelberg *Heinrich Otto Mengelberg (1841–1891), German sculptor, brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg *Karel Mengelberg (1902–1984), Dutch composer and music writer, nephew of Willem Mengelberg * Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg (1894–1968), German sociologist, sister of Rudolf Mengelberg * Misha Mengelberg (1935–2017), Dutch jazz pianist and composer, son of Karel Mengelberg *Otto Mengelberg Otto Heinrich Mengelberg (April 1817, Cologne - 28 May 1890, Düsseldorf) was a German religious, portrait, and history painter, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work He was the second son of the portrait painter, Egidi ... (1817–1890), German portrait and historical painter, son of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Mengelberg
Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic conductors of the 20th century. Biography Mengelberg was the fourth of fifteen children of German-born parents in Utrecht, Netherlands. His father was the Dutch-German sculptor Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg. After studies in Utrecht with the composer and conductor Richard Hol, the composer Anton Averkamp (1861–1934) and the violinist Henri Wilhelm Petri (1856–1914), he went on to study piano and composition at the Cologne conservatory (now the Hochschule für Musik Köln), where his principal teachers were Franz Wüllner, Isidor Seiss and Adolf Jensen. In 1891, when he was 20, he was chosen as General Music Director of the city of Lucerne Switzerland, where he conducted an orchestra and a choir, directed a music school, tau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a Dutch jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ... pianist and composer.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 459. Oxford University Press. A prominent figure in post-WWII European Jazz, Mengelberg is known for his forays into free improvisation, for bringing humor into his music, and as a leading interpreter of songs by fellow pianists Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. Biography Mengelberg was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, the son of the Dutch conductor (born Karel Willem Joseph Mengelberg; 18 July 1902, Utrecht – 11 July 1984, Amsterdam) and grand-nephew of conductor Willem Mengelberg. Karel Mengelberg was a Dutch composer and conductor, who worked in Berlin, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg (5 June 1935 – 3 March 2017) was a Dutch jazz pianist and composer.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 459. Oxford University Press. A prominent figure in post-WWII European Jazz, Mengelberg is known for his forays into free improvisation, for bringing humor into his music, and as a leading interpreter of songs by fellow pianists Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. Biography Mengelberg was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, the son of the Dutch conductor (born Karel Willem Joseph Mengelberg; 18 July 1902, Utrecht – 11 July 1984, Amsterdam) and grand-nephew of conductor Willem Mengelberg. Karel Mengelberg was a Dutch composer and conductor, who worked in Berlin, Barcelona, Kiev and Amsterdam. A notable work of his was 'Catalunya Renaixent', written for the Banda Municipal of Barcelona in 1934. Misha's family moved back to the Netherlands in the late 1930s and he began learning the piano at age five. Mengelberg b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg
Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg (1837–1919) was a German-Dutch sculptor, architect of church interiors, and art collector.BWN, pp. 389–391 His work promoted the Gothic Revival architectural-style in churches throughout Germany and the Netherlands. The Mengelberg family has a long history of various artists and professionals. Family members and early life Mengelberg's parents were Johann Egidius Mengelberg and Catharina Wilhelmina Leiniger. His grandfather Egidius Mengelberg (1770–1849) was a well-known painter, as was his uncle, Otto Mengelberg (1817–1890). On 18 October 1866 Mengelberg married Wilhelmina Helen Schrattenholz, and together they had sixteen children – eight sons and eight daughters – including the conductor Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951); some of their children died young. Mengelberg's parents were Protestant, but when he turned eighteen he converted to Catholicism, probably influenced by his interest in medieval art. Career Menge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Mengelberg
Otto Heinrich Mengelberg (April 1817, Cologne - 28 May 1890, Düsseldorf) was a German religious, portrait, and history painter, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work He was the second son of the portrait painter, Egidius Mengelberg and his wife, Anne Lisette née Risse, of Elberfeld. His birth came a few months after their formal marriage, which was delayed due to her parents' objections to marrying a Catholic. After attending the Dreikönigsgymnasium, a Jesuit school, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1834 to 1842. His primary instructors were Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow. During that time, in 1840, he converted to Protestantism. Upon graduating, he went to Munich with his friend and colleague, Joseph Fay (artist), Joseph Fay; returning to Cologne in 1844. Later, he assisted Fay in painting the Elberfeld Town Hall; which is now the Von der Heydt Museum. He and Fay also collaborated on the designs for the restorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egidius Mengelberg
Egidius Mengelberg (8 April 1770, Cologne - 26 October 1849, Cologne) was a German portrait painter, interior designer and art teacher. Life and work His family was originally from Linz am Rhein, where it can be traced back to the 16th century. At the age of thirteen, he took lessons from Johann Peter von Langer in Düsseldorf. Three years later, he started his own drawing school in Cologne. In 1790, he copied works at the on behalf of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, for a copper engraving catalog of the collection. During the French occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine, he lived in Koblenz, where he painted portraits of French military personnel. In 1800, he went to Elberfeld, where his father was living with his stepmother. It was a growing industrial city so, in a short time, he was able to establish himself as a fashionable portraitist. When Heinrich Christoph Kolbe returned to Düsseldorf in 1811, Mengelberg contacted him, eager to acquire the techniques K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crest Mengelberg
Crest or CREST may refer to: Buildings *The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York *"The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York *Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Switzerland *Crest House, a building, now in ruins, at the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado *Crest Theatre, a historic theatre in downtown Sacramento, California *Crest Theatre, formerly Majestic Crest Theatre, Los Angeles, California *Crest Theatre, in Old School Square, Delray Beach, Florida Business or commerce *Crest (toothpaste), a brand of toothpaste *Crest Audio, an American manufacturer of power amplifiers and mixing consoles *Crest Animation Productions, an animation studio in Burbank, California *Crest Animation Studios, an animation studio in India *Crest Books, an imprint of now defunct Fawcett Publications *Crest Hotels, a defunct hotel chain in the UK *Crest Manufacturing Company, producer of the Crestmobile automobile in the 1900s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Mengelberg
Augustin may refer to: * Augustin (name), male name, variant of Augustine * Augustin (typography), English or 14-point type * Augustin, Brașov, a commune in Brașov County, Romania * Dacian fortress of Augustin, ruined Dacian fortified town in modern Romania * Palace of Augustin, a palace in Vitoria, Spain Film * ''Augustin'' (film), a 1995 French film * '' Augustin, King of Kung-Fu'', 1999 French movie Music * O du lieber Augustin ("Oh, you dear Augustin"), a popular Viennese song * "Augustin" (song), Sweden's 1959 Eurovision Song Contest entry See also * Augustine (other) Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), was a Church Father. Augustine may also refer to: People * Augustine (actor) (1955–2013), Malayalam film actor * Augustine of Canterbury (died 604), the first Archbishop of Canterbury * Saint Augustine (d ... * Agustin {{Disambiguation, geo, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess. Origins The title had its origin in the monasteries of Egypt and Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery. The word is derived from the Aramaic ' meaning "father" or ', meaning "my father" (it still has this meaning in contemporary Hebrew: אבא and Aramaic: ܐܒܐ) In the Septuagint, it was written as "abbas". At first it was employed as a respectful title for any monk, but it was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors. At times it was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the ' ("of the palace"') and ' ("of the camp") were chaplains to the Merovingian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kloster Heisterbach
Kloster is the German and Scandinavian word for monastery. It may also refer to: Places * Kloster, Styria * Kloster, Denmark * Kloster, Sweden * Klošter, settlement in Slovenia People * Asbjørn Kloster (1823–1876), Norwegian social reformer * Chuck Klosterman (b. 1972), American author and essayist * Knut Kloster (b. 1929), Norwegian shipping magnate, grandson of Lauritz * Lauritz Kloster (1870–1952), Norwegian shipping magnate, grandfather of Knut * Robert Kloster (1905–1979), Norwegian museum director and art historian Other * ''Das Kloster'', a collection of magical and occult texts compiled by Johann Scheible See also * Klosters * Closter (other) Closter may refer to: *Closter (surname) *Closter, New Jersey, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States *Closter, Nebraska Closter is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midw ... {{Disambiguation, geo, surname Norwegian-languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Otto Mengelberg
Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Heinrich (crater), a lunar crater * Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, a telecommunication tower and landmark of Hamburg, Germany Other uses * Heinrich event, a climatic event during the last ice age * Heinrich (card game), a north German card game * Heinrich (farmer), participant in the German TV show a ''Farmer Wants a Wife'' * Heinrich Greif Prize, an award of the former East German government * Heinrich Heine Prize, the name of two different awards * Heinrich Mann Prize, a literary award given by the Berlin Academy of Art * Heinrich Tessenow Medal, an architecture prize established in 1963 * Heinrich Wieland Prize, an annual award in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and physiology * Heinrich, known as Haida in Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg
Käthe or Kathe is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957), German actress * Käthe Gold (1907–1997), Austrian actress * Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (1917–2001), German alpine skier *Kathe Green (born 1944), American actress, model and singer * Käthe Haack (1897–1986), German actress * Käthe Hoffmann, German botanist who discovered and catalogued many plant species in New Guinea and South East Asia *Käthe Köhler (born 1913), German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Kathe Koja (born 1960), American writer * Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German painter, printmaker, and sculptor *Käthe Krauß (1906–1970), German athlete, 1936 Olympic bronze medallist in 100 m *Käthe Pohland, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s *Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), German writer, journalist, women's rights activist and journalist * Käthe Sohnemann (born 1913), German gymnast who competed in the 1936 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
