Heinrich Urban on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Heinrich Urban (27 August 1837 – 24 November 1901) was a German violinist and composer.
Images, music example, list of Work (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urban, Heinrich 1837 births 1901 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians German male classical composers German opera composers German music educators Male opera composers
Heinrich Urban (27 August 1837 – 24 November 1901) was a German violinist and composer.
Life and career
Heinrich Urban was born in Berlin, and studied with Ferdinand Laub,Hubert Ries
Pieter Hubert Ries (1 April 1802 – 14 September 1886) was a German violinist and composer.
Life and career
Ries was born in Bonn, the son of Franz Anton Ries and younger brother of Ferdinand Ries; after studying with his father, Hubert stu ...
and Friedrich Kiel. He sang alto in the Königlich Domchor and the Königlich Kapelle. He continued his studies later in Paris, and then worked as a violinist, composer and music teacher. He also served as conductor of the Berliner Dilettanten Orchester Verein (Amateur Orchestra Society). Noted students include harpsichordist Wanda Landowska, Polish pianist and composer Ignace Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (; – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versaill ...
, Polish composer Mieczysław Karłowicz, American composer Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer Maurice Arnold Strothotte
Maurice Arnold Strothotte (19 January 1865, St. Louis, Missouri – 23 October 1937, New York City, New York) was an American composer and performer.
History
Maurice Arnold Strothotte was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1865. He later shortened hi ...
, American composer and music critic Leonard Liebling
Leonard Liebling (February 7, 1874 – October 28, 1945) was an American music critic, writer, librettist, editor, piano, pianist, and composer. He is best remembered as the long time editor-in-chief of the ''Musical Courier'' from 1911 to 1945.
...
, and Polish musicologist Henryk Opieński. He died in Berlin.
Works
Heinrich Urban wrote overtures, a symphony and symphonic poems, an opera and a violin concerto. He also wrote solo and chamber music for violin. Selected works include: *''Frühling (Spring)'', symphony *''Der Rattenfänger von Hameln'', symphonic poem *''Konradin'', operaReferences
Images, music example, list of Work (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urban, Heinrich 1837 births 1901 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians German male classical composers German opera composers German music educators Male opera composers