Hugo Reinhold (3 March 18544 September 1935) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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and
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
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He was born and died in
Vienna
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. He was admitted to the
Conservatorium der Musikfreunde, where he studied under
Anton Bruckner
Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...
,
Felix Dessoff and
Julius Epstein, among others. He left the conservatory at the age of 20, and later taught
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Vienna.
During his lifetime he was quite popular and his works were performed by the
Vienna Philharmonic
The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world.
The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
and the
Hellmesberger Quartet
The Hellmesberger Quartet was a string quartet formed in Vienna in 1849. It was founded by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. and was the first permanent named String Quartet.
Composition
Violinist Leopold Jansa had started a string quartet in 1845. Hellm ...
.
Some of his works include:
* Suite for piano and strings
* Prelude, Minuet and Fugue for strings
* String Quartet in A, Op. 18
* Impromptu in C minor, Op. 28, No. 3, for piano
External links
*
www.kreusch-sheet-music.net- Free Scores by Reinhold
1854 births
1935 deaths
Composers from Vienna
Austrian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
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