Anna Hirzel-Langenhan (20 August 1874 – 15 December 1951) was a Swiss pianist and music educator.

Life

Born in Lachen, Hirzel-Langenhan studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and in Vienna with

Theodor Leschetizky Theodor Leschetizky (sometimes spelled Leschetitzky, pl, Teodor Leszetycki; 22 June 1830 – 14 November 1915 was an Austrian-Polish pianist, professor, and composer born in Landshut in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then a crown land of ...

and Anna Jessipowa. From 1898 she worked in Munich, after she and her husband Richard Langenhan, who accepted a position as the second

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

of the

Munich Philharmonic The Munich Philharmonic (german: Münchner Philharmoniker, links=no) is a German symphony orchestra located in the city of Munich. It is one of Munich's four principal orchestras, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Rad ...

. (next to

Felix Weingartner Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. Life and career Weingartner was born in Zara, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Zadar, Croatia), to Austrian parents. T ...

), had settled there. Both made their debut in the Kaimkonzert on 5 October 1898 with Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky. In addition to her work as a soloist, she frequently performed with members of the Kaimorchester in chamber music evenings and achieved a respected position in Munich's musical life. Therefore, when her husband died unexpectedly in March 1900, she remained there and began to give piano lessons more and more. During her intensive teaching activities she looked after an international circle of students, including

Edith Picht-Axenfeld Edith Picht-Axenfeld (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1 January 1914 – Hinterzarten, 19 April 2001) was a German pianist and harpsichordist. Career She started her concert career in 1935, and took part two years later in the III International Chopin Pian ...

, Hermann Abendroth, Erich Doflein,

Werner Egk Werner Egk (, 17 May 1901 – 10 July 1983), born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer. Early career He was born in the Swabian town of Auchsesheim, today part of Donauwörth, Germany. His family, of Catholic peasant stock, moved to Augs ...

, Hans Leygraf and Maria Landes-Hindemith and Clara Haskil and Renata Borgatti A highlight of her concert activity was the performance of all violin sonatas by

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

with

Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysaÿe ...

in March 1903. In 1911 she almost completely ended her concert activity because of severe gout. From 1926, Hirzel-Langenhan lived in

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

and from 1934 in Schloss Berg in the Swiss

canton of Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part ...

, where she taught the pianist

André Casanova André Marcel Charles Casanova (12 October 1919 – 7 March 2009) was a French composer. He was an early disciple of René Leibowitz, a teacher and composer who maintained a strict adherence to the Twelve-tone technique, dodecaphonic musical theori ...

, who later became famous. Her estate is kept in the Basel University Library. Hirzel-Langenhan died in Berg at the age of 77.

Publications

* ''Greifen und Begreifen. Ein Weg zur Anschlagskultur.''''Greifen und Begreifen : ein Weg zur Anschlagskultur''
on WorldCat Editor: Pina Pozzi and Franzpeter Goebels. Mit einem Geleitwort von Renata Borgatti. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel / Basel / Paris / London / New York 1963 * ''Greifen und Begreifen.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel

mong others Mong may refer to: People *A proposed original name for the Hmong people, based on the main group, the Mong community * Bob Mong (), American journalist and academic administrator *Henry Mong (), American surgeon and Presbyterian missionary *Mong ...

2008 (10th ed.),

References

External links

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Anna Hirzel-Langenhan Estate
Basel University Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirzel-Langenhan, Anna Swiss classical pianists Swiss women pianists Women classical pianists Swiss music educators Swiss women music educators 1874 births 1951 deaths People from the canton of Schwyz