Herman Amberg (22 December 1834 – 12 April 1902) was a

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and

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. A pupil of J.P.E. Hartmann and Anton Ree, in 1855 he set up in Viborg as music teacher and also worked as a singing teacher at the Latin School for 25 years. In 1868 he was organist at the cathedral and in 1892 was appointed a professor. His brother

Johan Amberg Johan Lauritz Walbom Amberg (20 October 1846 – 19 June 1928) was a Danish composer and violinist. He started studying singing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1867, but he had to switch to violin because of problems with his voice. Fr ...

was also a musician.

Compositions

Many of his works were published posthumously. The following list is incomplete. *24 Preludes (Hansen, 1888) * *Op.5 - Prélude for Piano (Hansen, 1893) *Op.6 - Sechs Orgelstücke zum Theil als Postludien anwendbar. (Hansen, 1893) *Op.7 - Paraphrase f. Org. über Gade’s Melodie „O rüst’ dich, Held von Golgatha“. (Hansen, 1894) *Op.7a - Nine little pieces for organ or harmonium (Wilhelm Hansen, 1903) *Op.8 - Små stykker for orgel eller harmonium (Hansen) *Op.11 - 10 Præ- og Postludier (Hansen, ca.1904).

References

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