Bernhard E. Scholz, (30 March 1835 – 26 December 1916) was a German conductor, composer and teacher of music.

Life

Bernhard Scholz was born in

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in 1835. He was intended by his father to take over his father's business (Lithographische Druckerei und Verlag Jos. Scholz) and studied to be a

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at Imp. Lemercier in

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. But music became his career. He was a student of

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(piano) in Mainz, and 1855-56 of

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(

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) in Berlin. He also took voice lessons with Antonio Sangiovanni in

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. He first taught at the Munich Conservatory and was court

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and 1859-65 in

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. Between 1865 and 1866 he was director of the Cherubini Society in

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and also taught at the

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and the Kullak Conservatory. From 1871-83 he directed the Orchestra Society in Breslau. In 1883 he was appointed director of the

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, a post he held until 1908. He died in

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in 1916. His Piano Concerto was championed by

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, who included it in her repertory. He was one of four signatories to an anti-"Music of the Future" (anti-New-Weimar-School) ''Manifesto'' published in the ''Berliner Musik-Zeitung Echo'' on 6 May 1860, along with

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(possibly its author),

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and Julius Otto Grimm.

Works

* ''Carlo Rosa'', opera (1858 in Munich) * ''Ziethen'sche Husaren'', opera (1869 in Breslau) * ''Morgiane'', opera (1870 in Munich) * ''Golo'', opera (1875 in

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) * ''Der Trompeter von Säkkingen'', opera (1877 in

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) * ''Die vornehmen Wirte'', opera (1883 in

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) * ''Ingo'', opera (1898 in Frankfurt) * ''Anno 1757'', opera (1903 in Berlin) * ''Mirandolina'', opera (1907 in

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) * Choral music with orchestra * 2 symphonies * Piano concerto in B major, Op. 57 (published 1883) * 2 string quartets * String quintet * Piano quartet * 2 piano trios * 3 violin sonatas * 5 cello sonatas * Piano music * Lieder

Publications

* ''Lehre vom Kontrapunkt und der Nachahmung'', 1897 * ''Wohin treiben wir?'', 1897 (a collection of essays) * ''Musikalisches und Persönliches'', 1899 * ''Verklungene Weisen'', 1911 * Sigfried Dehn: ''Lehre vom Kontrapunkt, dem Kanon und der Fuge'', (Bernhard Scholz, Ed.) 1859/2. Edition: 1883

Footnotes

References

* Peter Cahn, ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878–1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. * ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', (Nicolas Slonimsky, Ed.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958

External links

*
The family tree of Bernhard Scholz on Geni.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scholz, Bernhard 1835 births 1916 deaths Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Munich German conductors (music) German male conductors (music) Academic staff of Hoch Conservatory German music educators German opera composers German male opera composers 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians