Gustav Hollaender (15 February 1855 in Leobschütz – 4 December 1915 in

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) was a German

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ist, conductor,

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and teacher. He was the son of a doctor in Leobschütz (Upper Silesia) also eldest brother of the famous writer Felix Hollaender and the well-known operetta composer Viktor Hollaender. His musical talents were discovered at an early age. He attended the Leipzig Conservatory of Music at the age of twelve, where he counted Ferdinand David in particular among his teachers. Later, the bright student came to Berlin to the Royal Music Academy and completed his artistic training there under the masters

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(violin) and

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(composition). First, Hollaender stayed in Berlin, became a member of the Royal Orchestra, as well as a violin teacher at the Berliner Musikschule (also known

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Institute, later Stern Conservatory). He earned himself the reputation of an excellent violinist as a participant in the trio association with Dr. Hans Bischoft and Hermann Jacobowsky, later with

Xaver Scharwenka Theophil Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent. He was the brother of Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), who was also a composer and teacher of music. Life ...

and

Heinrich Grünfeld Heinrich Grünfeld (21 April 1855, Prague – 26 August 1931, Berlin) was a Bohemian-Austrian cellist; a brother of Alfred Grünfeld. He published his autobiography, 'In Dur und Moll' in 1923, an historically important source for Brahms, Joachim, a ...

not only in Berlin through the chamber music evenings in the Singakademie, but throughout Germany through frequent concert tours. After a major concert tour, which he undertook with

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, Theodore Ritter and

Felix Mottl right Felix Josef von Mottl (between 29 July/29 August 1856 – 2 July 1911) was an Austrian conductor and composer. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant conductors of his day. He composed three operas, of which ''Agnes Bernauer'' (Weima ...

through Austria, the artist was sent to Cologne in 1881 as a member of the Gürzenich Orchestra and at the same time as a violin teacher at the local conservatory. He was given a title of royal professor of music in 1893. He took over

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of Berlin in 1895 as an owner and director. He composed many violin works including violin concerti. He was uncle of the more famous film composer

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.(See ''Great Jews in Music'' by Darryl Lyman). His students included violinist and composer

Else Streit Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer, pianist, teacher, and violinist. Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, on the border of Poland and Germany. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory. Her ...

References

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Gustav Holländer Collection, Leo Back Institute, www.archive.org

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* 1855 births 1915 deaths 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians German violinists German male violinists People from Głubczyce People from the Province of Silesia {{Germany-conductor-stub