Ferdinand Gumbert (22 April 1818 – 6 April 1896) was a German composer, singing teacher and music critic. Initially a singing teacher, he began a stage career as a

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

in 1839.

Life

Gumbert was born in Berlin ( Kingdom of Prussia). After an engagement of several years at the Cologne City Theatre (1840–42), he resigned from the stage on the advice of the ''

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in favour of composition. In addition to his activities as a singing teacher and song composer, he worked from 1881 as a music consultant for the '' Tägliche Rundschau'', as well as for the ''

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'' in Berlin. Among his singing students were Karl Formes and

Rosa Le Seur Rosa Le Seur, married name ''Rosa Junkermann'', (1846 – 1920) was a German stage actress and soprano. Life Born in Berlin, Le Seur received her singing lessons from the well-known song composer Ferdinand Gumbert. She worked as the first soubr ...

. Gumbert translated numerous libretti from French into German. Gumbert came from a Mosaic family and was not married. He died in Berlin

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at the age of 79.Ferdinand Gumbert
on Musicalics

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* * German Romantic composers German baritones German librettists Voice teachers German music critics 1818 births 1896 deaths Musicians from Berlin {{Germany-composer-stub

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