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Margarete Dessoff
Emma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff (11 June 1874 – 27 November 1944) was a German choral conductor, singer, and voice teacher. Life Germany Margarete (sometimes incorrectly spelled Margarethe) Dessoff was born in Vienna and came to Frankfurt am Main when she was six years old, her father (Felix Otto Dessoff) having been appointed conductor of the Frankfurt Opera House. Dessoff studied voice with Gustav Gunz and Marie Schröder-Hanfstängl (1892–97) at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt and from 1912 directed the women's chorus there. Dessoff's singing career was cut short when a famous opera singer (probably Hanfstängl) teaching at Dr. Hoch's apparently ruined her voice. She regained it through private lessons (with Jenny Hahn, a pupil of Julius Stockhausen), but had she not lost her voice she might never have become a well-known and well-loved choral director. In addition to the ''Dessoff'scher Frauenchor'' (first concert in 1907 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locarno
Locarno (; ; Ticinese dialect, Ticinese: ; formerly in ) is a southern Switzerland, Swiss List of towns in Switzerland, town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district Locarno (district), Locarno (of which it is the capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000 (proper), and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities. The town of Locarno is located on the northeastern part of the river Maggia (river), Maggia's delta; across the river lies the town of Ascona on the southwestern part of the delta. Locarno is the 74th largest city in Switzerland by population and the third largest in the Ticino canton, after Lugano and Bellinzona. The official language of Locarno is Italian language, Italian. The town is known for hosting the Locarno International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Diller
Angela Diller (August 1, 1877 – May 1, 1968) was a pianist and music educator. Early life and education Mary Angela Diller was born on August 1, 1877, to William Augustus Muhlenberg Diller and Mary Abigail Welles. She was the youngest of four children. Diller taught herself how to play the piano at an early age. Her older sister Ellen taught her how to read sheet music. As a teenager, she received lessons from Alice Fowler between 1892 and 1895. Career In 1899, she founded the Diller-Quaile Institute with Elizabeth Quaile. Diller and Quaile wanted books for the teachers at the school and wrote the Diller-Quaile Series. In 1932 and 1937 respectively, she wrote ''The Story of Wagner's Lohengrin'', and ''The Story of Verdi's Aïda''. Both books, published by G. Schirmer, contained musical excerpts with printed music. In 1941 Diller retired from managing the school. Personal life Diller was raised an Episcopalian and was influenced by New Thought. She never married and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Conductors (music)
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19th-century German Jews
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Deaths
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1874 Births
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Joachim Draheim
Joachim Draheim (born in 1950) is a German musicologist, music teacher and classical pianist. Life and career Born in Berlin, Draheim studied classical philology, history and musicology in Heidelberg. He received his doctorate with the thesis "Setting to music ancient texts from the Baroque to the present" (Amsterdam 1981). Since 1973 Draheim has worked as a freelancer for Südwestrundfunk and since 1974 for several German and international music publishers (including Breitkopf & Härtel, Schott, Ricordi, Friedrich Hofmeister den Wiener Urtext Edit) and record companies. Draheim published numerous editions of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Fanny Hensel, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms and Busoni. These included several first editions: among others, Mendelssohn's ''Albumblatt'' in A major, the Sonata in D major and the Sonata movement in G minor for two pianos; of Brahms, "Die Müllerin"; of Schumann "Der Korsar", an arrangement of the cello C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dessoff Choirs
The Dessoff Choirs is an independent chorus based in New York City. Margarete Dessoff established the organization in 1930 as the union of two choirs she directed, the Adesdi chorus and the A Cappella Singers, whence the plural Choirs. Today, the plural connotes Dessoff's various ensembles, which range from the large Dessoff Symphonic Choir, which appears with major orchestras, to the Dessoff Chamber Choir, which performs in more intimate settings.From http://www.dessoff.org The performance of new, unusual, or rarely heard works is a central facet of Dessoff's mission. Under Dessoff's baton, the Dessoff Choirs gave many premieres, including the American premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's ''Friede auf Erden'', the first American performance of Orazio Vecchi's ''L'Amfiparnaso'', and the New York premiere of Bach's cantata ''Christ lag in Todes Banden''. Dessoff's second conductor, Paul Boepple, continued to champion early music, and when he retired after 32 years as musical director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazare Saminsky
Lazare Saminsky (born Lazar Semyonovich Saminsky (; 27 October 1882 O.S. / 8 November N.S. – 30 June 1959) was a performer, conductor and composer, especially of Jewish music. Life Born to a merchant family in Valehotsulove (now ), near Odessa, Saminsky received a broad education in the arts, sciences and languages. He studied music at the Odessa conservatoire from 1903–1905, and then went to Moscow, where he studied mathematics and philosophy as well as music. Expelled for his participation in the student protests of 1905, he went to St.Petersburg, where he studied with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov, and Nikolai Tcherepnin. While still a student he became a founder member, with Mikhail Gnesin, Lyubov Streicher, and others, of the ' Society for Jewish Folk Music'. He wrote music for the Society and helped organise its earliest publication. He continued an active member, even though from 1911 to 1918 he lived in Tbilisi, where he also interested himself in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Bauer
Marion Eugénie Bauer (15 August 1882 – 9 August 1955) was an American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic. She played an active role in shaping American musical identity in the early half of the twentieth century. As a composer, Bauer wrote for piano, chamber ensembles, symphonic orchestra, solo voice, and vocal ensembles. She gained prominence as a teacher, serving on the faculty of Washington Square College of New York University, where she taught music history and composition from 1926 to 1951. In addition to her position at NYU, Bauer was affiliated with the Juilliard School as a guest lecturer from 1940 until her death in 1955. Bauer also wrote extensively about music: she was the editor for the Chicago-based ''Musical Leader'' and additionally authored and co-authored several books including her 1933 text ''Twentieth Century Music''. Throughout her life, Bauer promoted not only her own work but new music in general. Bauer helped found the American Music Guil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Herrmann
Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a troll ** ''Hugo'' (game show), a television show that first ran from 1990 to 1995 ** ''Hugo'' (video game), several video games released between 1991 and 2000 * Hugo (album), a 2022 album by Loyle Carner People and fictional characters * Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. * Hugo (name), including lists of people with Hugo as a given name or surname, as well as fictional characters * Hugo Cabral (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela 1999-2013 * Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourgish American publisher (born 1884) * Hugo (musician), Thai American actor and singer-songwriter Chula Chak Charbonnages (born 1981) * Hugo (footballer, born 1964), Brazilian footballer * Hugo ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
