Bernhard E. Scholz, (30 March 1835 – 26 December 1916) was a German conductor, composer and teacher of music.

Life

Bernhard Scholz was born in

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in 1835. He was intended by his father to take over his father's business (Lithographische Druckerei und Verlag Jos. Scholz) and studied to be a

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at Imp. Lemercier in

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. But music became his career. He was a student of Ernst Pauer (piano) in Mainz, and 1855-56 of

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(

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) in Berlin. He also took voice lessons with Antonio Sangiovanni in

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. He first taught at the Munich Conservatory and was court

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and 1859-65 in

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. Between 1865 and 1866 he was director of the Cherubini Society in

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and also taught at the

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and the Kullak Conservatory. From 1871-83 he directed the Orchestra Society in Breslau. In 1883 he was appointed director of the

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, a post he held until 1908. He died in

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in 1916. His Piano Concerto was championed by

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, who included it in her repertory. He was one of four signatories to an anti-"Music of the Future" (anti-New-Weimar-School) ''Manifesto'' published in the ''Berliner Musik-Zeitung Echo'' on 6 May 1860, along with

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(possibly its author),

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and Julius Otto Grimm.

Works

* ''Carlo Rosa'', opera (1858 in Munich) * ''Ziethen'sche Husaren'', opera (1869 in Breslau) * ''Morgiane'', opera (1870 in Munich) * ''Golo'', opera (1875 in

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) * ''Der Trompeter von Säkkingen'', opera (1877 in

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) * ''Die vornehmen Wirte'', opera (1883 in

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) * ''Ingo'', opera (1898 in Frankfurt) * ''Anno 1757'', opera (1903 in Berlin) * ''Mirandolina'', opera (1907 in

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) * Choral music with orchestra * 2 symphonies * Piano concerto in B major, Op. 57 (published 1883) * 2 string quartets * String quintet * Piano quartet * 2 piano trios * 3 violin sonatas * 5 cello sonatas * Piano music * Lieder

Publications

* ''Lehre vom Kontrapunkt und der Nachahmung'', 1897 * ''Wohin treiben wir?'', 1897 (a collection of essays) * ''Musikalisches und Persönliches'', 1899 * ''Verklungene Weisen'', 1911 * Sigfried Dehn: ''Lehre vom Kontrapunkt, dem Kanon und der Fuge'', (Bernhard Scholz, Ed.) 1859/2. Edition: 1883

Footnotes

References

* Peter Cahn, ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. * ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', (Nicolas Slonimsky, Ed.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958

External links

*
The family tree of Bernhard Scholz on Geni.com
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