Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (December 17, 1840 – June 8, 1906) was a

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composer, conductor, music publisher, and music instructor.

Biography

C. F. E. Horneman was born in Copenhagen, the son of the composer Emil Horneman and of Camilla Scheuermann (a cousin of composer

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). He studied at the

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with

Ignaz Moscheles Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (; 23 May 179410 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer. He was based initially in London and later at Leipzig, where he joined his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as professor of piano at the ...

, Ernst Friedrich Richter,

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, and

Julius Rietz August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (28 December 1812 – 12 September 1877) was a German composer, conductor, cellist, and teacher. His students included Woldemar Bargiel, Salomon Jadassohn, Arthur O'Leary, and (by far the most celebrated) Sir Arthur ...

. After his return to Denmark he composed divertimenti and opera fantasies and began work on the opera ''Aladdin'', the composition of which occupied him for more than twenty years. The overture, completed in 1864, is Horneman's best known work, along with the four-movement suite drawn from incidental music for the

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drama ''Gurre''. Together with composers Gottfred Matthison-Hansen,

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, and others he founded in 1865 the music institute Euterpe to encourage newer Danish music. This was in reaction to the Music Society (''Musikforeningen''), which was controlled by

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and was regarded by the younger composers as too conservative. Horneman conducted the organization's concerts. During a trip to Germany in 1867 he wrote his ''Ouverture héroïque'' and led a performance of his ''Aladdin'' Overture at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. In 1874, together with

Otto Malling Otto Valdemar Malling (1 June 1848 – 5 October 1915) was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Otto Malling was ...

, he founded the Concert Association (''Koncertforeningen'') and in 1879 the Horneman music conservatory (''Hornemans Konservatorium'') that bore his name until its closing in 1920.

Partial list of works

Opera :''Aladdin'' (first performed 19 Nov 1888) Incidental music :''Esther'' (H. Drachmann) (1889) :''The Judge of Zalamea'' (P. Calderón) (1892) :''The Barber of Seville'' (Beaumarchais) (1893) :''King Hjarne Skjald'' (K. Gjellerup) (1893) :''Gurre'' (Drachmann) (1901) :''The Conversion of Harlekin'' (Rode) (1901) :''Kalanus'' (Paludan-Müller) (1904) :''The Fight against the Muses'' (Gjellerup) (1908–10) Vocal :Valfarten (Pilgrimage) for baritone and orchestra (1876) :Lyric Suite for solo voice, chorus, and orchestra (1878) :3 Uhland Songs for baritone, male choir, and orchestra (1889) :Cantata for the opening of Tivoli Concert Hall (1902) :Cantata for the centenary of J.P.E. Hartmann (1905) :Cantata for the death of King Christian IX (1906) :52 songs, 8 duets Instrumental :Ouverture héroïque (1867) :String Quartet no. 1 in G minor (1859) :String Quartet no. 2 in D major (1861) :Fantasia for piano :Serenade for piano

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Biography

Partial list of works

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