Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on 22 September 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter

Joseph Hoch Joseph Paul Johannes Hoch (3 May 1815 – 19 September 1874) was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music con ...

, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his

testament A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last will and testament. Testament or The Testament can also refer to: Books * ''Testament'' (comic book), a 2005 comic book * ''Testament'', a thriller nov ...

, a school for music and the arts was established for all age groups. Instrumental to the foundation, prosperity and success of the conservatory was its director

Joachim Raff Joseph Joachim Raff (27 May 182224 or 25 June 1882) was a German-Swiss composer, pedagogue and pianist. Biography Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitme ...

who did most of the work including setting the entire curriculum and hiring all its faculty. It has played an important role in the history of music in Frankfurt. Clara Schumann taught piano, as one of distinguished teachers in the late 19th century, gaining international renown for the conservatory. In the 1890s, about 25% of the students came from other countries: 46 were from England and 23 from the United States. In the 1920s, under director

Bernhard Sekles Bernhard Sekles (20 March 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue. Life and career Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna (née Bischheim). The fami ...

, the conservatory was far ahead of its time: Sekles initiated the world's first Jazz Studies (directed by Mátyás Seiber)"This was actually the first academic program for the study of jazz anywhere in the world." Kathryn Smith Bowers, "East Meets West. Contributions of Mátyás Seiber to Jazz in Germany." ''Jazz and the Germans'', (Ed. Michael J. Budds), Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2002, , S. 122. and in 1931 the Elementary Music Department. Dr. Hoch's conservatory offers instruction in the Music Education for Youth and Adults (ANE) program, the Elementary Music Department (Basisabteilung), and the Pre-College-Frankfurt (PCF) program, which provides preparation for future studies at a Hochschule or conservatory. There are also Ballet,

Early Music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

and New Music departments. The following qualifications are available: Bachelor of Music in Performance and Pedagogy in all instruments, voice, music theory, composition, performance and Elementary Music Pedagogy.

Chronology

Franz von Lenbach - Clara Schumann (Pastell 1878)

* 1857: 14 July: Dr. Joseph Hoch (1815–74) makes the conservatory foundation the main heir of his fortune. * 1874: Dr. Hoch dies on 19 September. * 1876: The foundation is officially recognized (16 March). * 1877: 16 February: Recognition of the foundation's governing body by the Frankfurt Magistrate, Chairman Dr. Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein (until 1890). *: June: Joachim Raff elected first director. * 1878: 22 September: Opening ceremony in the Frankfurt Saalhof. *: 20 October: Clara Schumann's 50th anniversary as a performer. * 1879: 10 February: first internal student concert. *: 9 June: Frankfurt visit by

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

. * 1880: Differences between Raff and Julius Stockhausen, who resigns on 1 September. * 1882: Joachim Raff dies on 24 June. His successor, Bernhard Scholz, appointed on 11. November. * 1883: 21. January: Secession of the followers of Raff, which leads in April to the opening of the Raff-Konservatorium. *: 21. March: Bernhard Scholz takes over as director. * 1884: Julius Stockhausen resigns for a second time (1 April). *: September: Opening of the Seminar (Director: Iwan Knorr). *1886: September: Opening of the pre-school: Hans Pfitzner studies (with scholarship) until 1890. * 1888: 29. April: Inauguration of the new conservatory building. * 1890: Dr. Theodor Mettenheimer takes over the chairmanship of the governors. State subvention for 2 scholarships. Engelbert Humperdincks begins teaching (1890–97). * 1892: Clara Schumann retires. The conservatory takes over the training for the scholarships of the Mozart-Foundation. * 1896: Clara Schumann dies on 20 May. * 1901: Heinrich Hanau becomes chairman of the governors (until 1904). * 1904: Emil Sulzbach called to be chairman (until 1923). * 1908: Bernhard Scholz resigns. Iwan Knorr becomes director. Opening of the Orchestra School. * 1909: Paul Hindemith receives a scholarship and is accepted as a student of Rebner. * 1916: Iwan Knorr dies 22 January. In September Waldemar von Baußnern takes over as director. * 1918: Opening of the Singing School Seminar. * 1921: Tension between the governors and director. Inflation forces the foundation to ask for subventions from the city and the state of Hesse. Plans for a "Hochschule" for Frankfurt ( Leo Kestenberg). * 1923: 27 April Waldemar von Bausznern retires.

Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor. Life Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga ...

applies for the job of director. Resignation of Emil Sulzbach. * 1924: Bernhard Sekles appointed director. Opening of the Opera School. Dr. Oswald Feis becomes chairman of the foundation. * 1926: Seminar for private music teachers and »Conservatory for listeners of Music« opened. * 1928: Opening of the first academic Jazz classes anywhere under the direction of Mátyás Seiber. Concerts held in the "Volksbildungsheim" (Hermann von Schmeidel). * 1931: Courses in Children's Musical Pedagogy. * 1933: Dismissal of the director Bernhard Sekles and all Jewish and foreign teachers (10 April). *: Dr. Hans Rumpf becomes chairman of the foundation and Bertil Wetzelsberger director. *: 17 October: Opening of the »Hochschule für Musik und Theater der Stadt Frankfurt am Main« without permission of the Ministry of Culture. Growing influence of Artistic Director Hans Meißner. * 1936: Hermann Reutter becomes director. * 1937: 19 October: Contract between the City of Frankfurt and the foundation Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium concerning the establishing of a state "Hochschule" for Music. * 1938: 1 April: Opening of the state " Hochschule". The conservatory degraded to a pre-school. * 1943: 4 October: the Conservatory building is hit by aircraft bombing. Move to the Passavant-Gontard'sche Palais. * 1944: February: Passavant-Gontard'sche Palais also destroyed. * 1947: Reopening of the Department of Church Music in April and the Department of School Music in the autumn. * 1950: Walther Davisson becomes Artistic Director of the "Hochschule". * 1951: Recommencing of teaching in a building constructed on the ruins at Eschenheimer Landstr. 4 (). Chairman of the foundation also functions as city councillor. * 1954: A board of directors installed for the Musikhochschule and the Conservatory. * 1958: Philipp Mohler becomes director of the unified "Hochschule" and Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium. * 1967: The Frankfurt Magistrate nullifies the 1937 contract. * 1971: Plans for joining the conservatory with the Musikhochschule cause resistance. The conservatory becomes a stepping stone between a music school and the Musikhochschule. * 1973: Philipp Mohler resigns as director of the conservatory. Klaus Volk becomes director of the unified Conservatory and Musikhochschule. * 1977: Klaus Volk resigns. Prof. Hans Dieter Resch, rector of the "Musikhochschule", becomes provisional director, and in 1978 Alois Kottmann. * 1979:

Frank Stähle Frank Stähle (12 July 1942 – 10 December 2015) was a German musician, a choral conductor and the director of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt from 1979 to 2007. Chorale conductor Born in Stuttgart, Stähle went to schools in Hamburg a ...

becomes director. Under his direction the conservatory is restructured and again becomes an institute for training professional musicians. * 1986: Alterations begin at the , a former Jewish school in Frankfurt's North End. Move to the Philanthropin takes place in stages: 1986–1989. * 1989: Move to Philanthropin completed. Opening ceremonies on February 9. Stadträtin Jutta Ebeling replaces Bernhard Mihm as chairperson of the foundation. * 2002: Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium is given the status of Music Academy. * 2005: Move to the newly built Education Center Ostend (BZO). * 2007: Frank Stähle retires and Werner Wilde becomes provisional director for one year. * 2008: Mario Liepe is appointed director.

Directors

* 1878–1882:

Joseph Joachim Raff Joseph Joachim Raff (27 May 182224 or 25 June 1882) was a German-Swiss composer, pedagogue and pianist. Biography Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitme ...

* 1883–1908:

Bernhard Scholz Bernhard E. Scholz, (30 March 1835 – 26 December 1916) was a German conductor, composer and teacher of music. Life Bernhard Scholz was born in Mainz in 1835. He was intended by his father to take over his father's business (Lithographis ...

* 1908–1916: Iwan Knorr * 1916–1923: Waldemar von Baußnern (also: von Bausznern) * 1924–1933:

* 1933–1936: * 1936–1944:

Hermann Reutter Hermann Reutter (; 17 June 19001 January 1985) was a German composer and pianist who worked as an academic teacher, university administrator, recitalist, and accompanist. He composed several operas, orchestral works, and chamber music, and especi ...

* 1950–1954: Walther Davisson * 1954–1958:

Helmut Walcha Arthur Emil Helmut Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters. Blind since his teenage years, he is known f ...

Erich Flinsch Erich Flinsch (14 July 1905 – 28 December 1990) was a German pianist and university lecturer. He was a grand-disciple of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and student and assistant of the pianist, composer and musicologist Emil von Sauer (1862–1942) in Vi ...

, * 1958–1973: * 1973–1977:

Klaus Volk Klaus Volk (born 29 April 1944) is a German jurist, professor at University of Munich and defense lawyer specialized in commercial-law-related criminal cases. His doctorate thesis at University of Munich 1970 was about philosophy of law. Among ...

* 1977–1979: Hans Dieter Resch, Alois Kottmann * 1979–2007:

* 2007–2008: Werner Wilde (Provisional director) * 2008–2018: Mario Liepe * 2018-2022: Christian Heynisch, Caroline Prassel, Karin Franke-André (directorate) * since 2022: Fabian Rieser, Caroline Prassel, Karin Franke-André (directorate)

Teachers and students

Distinguished teachers

* 1878–1910:

Bernhard Cossmann Bernhard Cossmann (17 May 1822 – 7 May 1910) was a German cellist. Born in Dessau, he first studied under Theodore Muller. During his life, he worked for the Grand Opera in Paris and became acquainted with Franz Liszt, with whom he went to Weim ...

* 1878–1904:

Hugo Heermann Hugo Heermann (3 March 1844, in Heilbronn – 6 November 1935, in Meran, Italy) was a German violinist. He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he ...

* 1878–1880:

Carl Heymann Carl Heymann (also Karl; 1853 in Filehne, (or Oct. 4, 1854 in Amsterdam) – 1922 in Bingen), was a virtuoso German pianist, composer and piano teacher. Life Heymann studied at Cologne Conservatory with Ferdinand Hiller and upon his debut ...

* 1878–1882:

* 1878–1892: Clara Schumann * 1878–1880 and 1883–84: Julius Stockhausen * 1878–1883: Anton Urspruch * 1882–1907:

Lazzaro Uzielli Lazzaro Uzielli (4 February 1861 − 8 October 1943) was an Italian pianist and music educator. Life Born in Florence, Uzielli studied in his home town with Luigi Vannuccini und Giuseppe Buonamici, then with Ernst Rudorff in Berlin, and with ...

* 1883–1908: Iwan Knorr * 1883–1902: James Kwast * 1884–1923:

Ernst Engesser Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975- ...

* 1890–1897: Engelbert Humperdinck * 1893–1904:

Carl Friedberg Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg (September 18, 1872 in Bingen am Rhein, Bingen, German Empire, Germany – September 9, 1955 in Meran, Italy) was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin. Biography He was son of Eduard Friedberg (?–1937) a ...

(also: Karl) * 1894–1906: Hugo Becker * 1895–1897:

Marie Hanfstängl Marie Hanfstängl (30 April 1848, in Breslau – 5 September 1917, in Munich), born Marie Schroeder (or ''Schröder''), was a notable German operatic soprano singer and singing teacher, whose career was mostly conducted in Germany. Marie Schrö ...

* 1896–1933:

* 1899–1912:

Johannes Hegar Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

* 1904–1908:

Hermann Zilcher Hermann Zilcher (18 August 1881 – 1 January 1948) was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and music teacher. His compositional oeuvre includes orchestral and choral works, two operas, chamber music and songs, études, piano works, and nume ...

* 1904–1907 and 1908–1933:

Adolf Rebner Adolf Franklin Rebner (also Adolph Rebner) (21 November 1876 in Vienna – 19 June 1967 in Baden-Baden) was an Austrian violinist and violist. Rebner was a student of Jakob Grün at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating there with first prize in 1 ...

* 1905–1906:

Johannes Messchaert Johan Messchaert (22 August 18579 September 1922) was a Dutch baritone singer and vocal pedagogue. Messchaert was born as Johannes Martinus Messchaert in Hoorn, Netherlands. He was known for his rendering of the role of Christ in Bach's St Matthe ...

(also: Johan) * 1906–1933: * 1908–1916 and 1929–1942:

Alfred Hoehn Alfred Hoehn (20 October 1887 – 2 August 1945) was a German pianist, composer, piano pedagogue and editor. Life and career Born in , Hoehn was the son of a teacher and organist. He was supported by the pianist Eugen d'Albert, the conductor ...

* 1912–1917:

Margarete Dessoff Emma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff (11 June 1874 – 27 November 1944) was a German choral conductor, singer, and voice teacher. Life Germany Margarete (sometimes incorrectly spelled Margarethe) Dessoff was born in Vienna and came to Frank ...

* 1926–1928:

Hermine Bosetti Hermine Bosetti ''née'' von Flick (28 September 1875, Vienna – 1 May 1936, Hohenrain or Munich), was a German coloratura soprano. Bosetti sang her debut in Wiesbaden (1898) as "Ännchen" in ''Der Freischütz''. In 1900, she was a member of t ...

* 1926–1932:

Ludwig Rottenberg Ludwig Rottenberg (11 October 1865 – 6 May 1932) was an Austrian/German composer and conductor. Biography Rottenberg came from a German-speaking Jewish family in Czernowitz, the then-capital of Bukovina, which at the time was part of the Aust ...

* 1928–1933: Mátyás Seiber (Director of the first academic Jazz department) * 1930–1933:

Herbert Graf Herbert Graf (10 April 1903 – 5 April 1973) was an Austrian-American opera producer. Born in Vienna in 1903, he was the son of Max Graf (1873–1958), and Olga Hönig. His father was an Austrian author, critic, musicologist and member of Sig ...

(Opera School) * 1933–1938:

* 1933–1942: Kurt Hessenberg * 1933–1945: Gerhard Frommel * 1936–1940: Anton Biersack * 1954–1974: * 1958–19??: Alois Kottmann * 1976–1982:

Albert Mangelsdorff Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics. Early life Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...

* 1985–1996:

Richard Rudolf Klein Richard Rudolf Klein (21 May 1921 in Nußdorf/Pfalz – 17 December 2011) was a German composer, musician, and teacher. His compositional output is diverse, including nursery rhymes and music for children, choral music and hymns, incidental music, ...

* 1981–2000:

Gerhard Schedl Gerhard Schedl (5 August 1957 – 30 November 2000) was an Austrian composer. Professional career Gerhard Schedl was born in Vienna and began composing during his childhood. In 1976 he began his professional studies with Erich Urbanner at the Uni ...

Distinguished students

* 1879–1882: Edward MacDowell * 1886–1890: Hans Pfitzner * 1891–1893 and 1896–1899:

Cyril Scott Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrot ...

(

Frankfurt Group The Frankfurt Group, also called the Frankfurt Gang or the Frankfurt Five, was a group of English-speaking composers and friends who studied composition under Iwan Knorr at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s. The group i ...

) * 1893–1895:

* 1893–1897:

Norman O'Neill Norman Houston O'Neill (14 March 1875 – 3 March 1934) was an English composer and conductor of Irish background who specialised largely in works for the theatre. Life O'Neill was born at 16 Young Street in Kensington, London, the youngest son ...

(Frankfurt Group) * 1894–1896:

Henry Balfour Gardiner Henry Balfour Gardiner (7 November 1877 – 28 June 1950) was a British musician, composer, and teacher. He was born at Kensington (London), began to play at the age of 5 and to compose at 9. Between his conventional education at Charterhouse ...

(Frankfurt Group) * 1894–1901: Walter Braunfels * 1895–1900: Percy Grainger (Frankfurt Group) * 1895–1903:

Johanna Senfter Johanna Senfter ( 27 November 1879 – 11 August 1961) was a German composer. Johanna Senfter was born and died in Oppenheim. From 1895 she studied composition under Iwan Knorr, violin under Adolf Rebner, piano under Karl Friedberg and organ a ...

* 1895–1898:

Hans Jelmoli Hans Jelmoli (January 17, 1877 in Zürich – May 6, 1936) was a Swiss composer and pianist. Life Jelmoli came from a wealthy Swiss family who founded a well known retailing business by the same name. He studied music with Bernhard Scholz, Iwa ...

* 1897–1901: Roger Quilter (Frankfurt Group) * 1898–1903:

Boris Hambourg Boris Hambourg (russian: Борис Михайлович Гамбург; – 24 November 1954) was a Russian Canadian cellist who settled in Toronto, Ontario, and made his career in the United States, Canada, England and Europe. Early life ...

* 1900–1901:

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

* 1901–1902: Otto Klemperer * 1903–1909:

Reinhard Oppel Julius Reinhard Oppel (1878 in Grünberg, Hesse – 1941 in Leipzig) was a German composer. He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt 1903–1909, was briefly an organist in Bonn, then from 1911 professor of composition at the Kiel Conserv ...

* 1904–1907: Hans Gebhard-Elsaß * 1904–1908: Frederick Septimus Kelly * 1908–1910: Richard Tauber * 1909–1917: Paul Hindemith * 1909–1913:

Ernst Toch Ernst Toch (; 7 December 1887 – 1 October 1964) was an Austrian composer of classical music and film scores. He sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music. Biography Toch was born in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, into the family ...

* 1913–1916 and 1918–1920:

Ottmar Gerster Ottmar Gerster (29 June 1897 in Braunfels, Germany – 31 August 1969 in Borsdorf) was a German viola player, conductor and composer who in 1948 became rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar. Life Ottmar Gerster was born some 50 k ...

* ca. 1915 : Hans Rosbaud * 1917–1931: Kurt Hessenberg * 1924–1927: Alexander Schneider

Teachers

Alma Moodie Alma Mary Templeton Moodie (12 September 18987 March 1943) was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as the foremost female violinist during the inter-war years, and s ...

* since 2005:

Barbara Zechmeister Barbara Zechmeister is a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. A member of the Oper Frankfurt from 1996, she has appeared in major European opera houses and international festivals. She has performed in world premieres, and in recitals and ...

Students

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Frederic Austin Frederic William Austin (30 March 187210 April 1952) was an English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. He is best remembered for his restoration and production of ''The Beggar's Opera'' by John Gay and Joha ...

* * * Franz Magnus Böhme *

Leonard Borwick Leonard Borwick (26 February 1868 – 15 September 1925) was an English concert pianist especially associated with the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Early training and debuts Born in Walthamstow, Essex, of a Staffordshire fam ...

Catherine Carswell Catherine Roxburgh Carswell (née Macfarlane; 27 March 1879 – 18 February 1946) was a Scottish author, biographer and journalist, now known as one of the few women to take part in the Scottish Renaissance. Her biography of the Scottish poet Ro ...

Torsten de Winkel Torsten de Winkel (born 6 January 1965) is a German musician, composer, and philosopher primarily active in the jazz, world music, fusion and electronic music genres. He is known as an electric and acoustic guitarist but also records and perfor ...

* Moritz Eggert * * Ernst Fischer *

Clemens von und zu Franckenstein Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (14 July 1875 – 19 August 1942) was a German opera composer, studying in Vienna, Austria, and later in Munich, Germany, with Ludwig Thuille and at the Hoch Conservato ...

* Oskar Fried *

Else Gentner-Fischer Else Gentner-Fischer (5 September 1883 – 26 April 1943) was a German operatic soprano. Although she appeared in operas internationally, her career was mainly centered at the Oper Frankfurt where she was a resident artist from 1907-1935. She exce ...

* * Konrad Georg * *

Ria Ginster Ria Ginster (15 April 1898 – 11 May 1985) was a German soprano who appeared mainly in recital and concert, including international tours. She was an academic voice teacher at the Zürich Conservatory, and gave master classes internationally, i ...

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Daniel Hensel Daniel Hensel (born 17 April 1978 in Büdingen) is a German composer, VJing, VJ, musicologist and music theorist. He is known as a composer of expressive works of all musical genre's whose works can be dedicated to ″a thread of a tradition le ...

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Robin Hoffmann Robin Hoffmann (born 18 February 1984) is a German composer, orchestrator and arranger. Life Robin Hoffmann was born on 18 February 1984 in Großenhain, in the former German Democratic Republic. At the age of 7, he began playing the piano, start ...

Alfred Hollins Alfred Hollins (11 September 1865 – 17 May 1942) was an English organist, composer and teacher, who was noted as a recitalist in Scotland. Biography Hollins was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and was blind from birth. His ...

* Erich Itor Kahn * * *

Christof Lauer Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953) is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,

* Tiana Lemnitz *

Uli Lenz Uli Lenz (born March 10, 1955) is a German jazz composer, pianist, and music producer. Background Born in Frankfurt am Main, he began taking piano lessons at the age of four. In the seventies he studied music composition for classical Piano ...

Emil Mangelsdorff Emil Mangelsdorff (; 11 April 1925 – 20 January 2022) was a German jazz musician who played alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute. He was a jazz pioneer under the Nazi regime which led to his imprisonment. After World War II ...

Annette Marquard Annette may refer to: Film and television * '' Walt Disney Presents: Annette'', 1950s television series * ''Annette'' (film), a 2021 musical film Other * Annette (given name), list of people with the name * Annette Island, Alaska * Tropical Storm ...

Heinz Moog Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog (28 June 1908 – 9 May 1989) was a German actor.http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13495155.html He appeared in more than seventy films from 1943 to 1989. Filmography References External links * Audio r ...

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Walter Rehberg Walter Rehberg (14 May 1900 in Geneva – 24 October 1957) was a Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer on musical subjects who was particularly active from the 1920s to 1950s. Walter Rehberg came from a line of notable pianists. His grandf ...

* Max Rudolf * Fritzi Scheff * Erich Schmid * *

Hermine Spies Hermine Spies (25 February 1857 – 26 February 1893) was a German concert and opera singer. Life Hermine Spies was considered to be one of the leading alto singers of the late 19th century, and an exceptional interpreter of the works of Johann ...

Rudi Stephan Rudi Stephan (29 July 1887 – 29 September 1915) was a German composer of great promise who was considered one of the leading talents among his generation. He was killed in action during World War I. Life Stephan was born at Worms, Germany, W ...

Stefan Thomas Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

* Richard Trunk * Hans-Jürgen von Bose *

Hermann Hans Wetzler Hermann Hans Wetzler (8 September 1870 – 29 May 1943) was a German-American composer. Life Wetzler was born in Frankfurt, Germany. His father was from Bohemia, his mother was German. He grew up in Chicago in affluent circumstances and studie ...

* Heike Matthiesen

Legacy

The

German Federal Bank The Deutsche Bundesbank (), literally "German Federal Bank", is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Due to its strength and former size, the Bundesbank is the most ...

honored the conservatory on the reverse side of the former 100 DM bill with a picture of the original conservatory building, unfortunately bombed in World War II. Clara Schumann, the first piano teacher, is pictured on the front side of the bill.

References

* ''Stiftung Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium Joseph Hoch zum 100. Todestag'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1974. * Peter Cahn, ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. Chronology until 1978 used with kind permission of Dr. Peter Cahn, Frankfurt (translation by Edmund Brownless). * ''Festschrift 125 Jahre Stiftung Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium Frankfurt am Main'', Frankfurt am Main, 2003. * ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', (Nicolas Slonimsky, Hrsg.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958

External links

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The early reception of Jazz in Germany: Mátyás Seiber and the Jazz Orchester of the Hoch Conservatory in a radio recording from 1931

* ttp://www.omm.de/feuilleton/hochs-konservatorium.html Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium seit Januar Musikakademie / Bericht vom Festakt zur Verleihung des Status einer Akademie(in German) Online Musik Magazin, 6 February 2002 * Sonja Stöhr
Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium / Dr. Hoch's Talentschmiede

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