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Bertrand Roth (12 February 1855 – 24 January 1938) was a Swiss composer and pianist.
Estate of Bertrand Roth
On Calliope Roth was dedicated a street in Plauen on his 75th birthday in 1925: the Bertrand-Roth-Straße in 08525 Plauen. Roth's compositional work includes songs, piano and string music. Roth died in Bern at the age of 73. The estate of Roth is kept in the
Bertrand Roth (12 February 1855 – 24 January 1938) was a Swiss composer and pianist.
Life
Born inDegersheim
Degersheim is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Degersheim is first mentioned in 837 as ''Tegarascai''. It was known as ''Tegerschen'' until 1803, when Degersheim becam ...
in the Toggenburg
Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis'') of the canton of St. Gallen ( ...
region of Switzerland, Roth moved with his family to Plauen
Plauen (; Czech: ''Plavno'') is, with around 65,000 inhabitants, the fifth-largest city of Saxony, Germany after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the largest city in the Sa ...
in 1858, after his father, an embroidery
Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen ...
designer, had been commissioned to set up the first embroidery factory in the Kingdom of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony (german: Königreich Sachsen), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in French period, Napoleonic through German Confederation, post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was ...
there. After attending grammar school, he began to study philosophy before turning to music and enrolled at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssoh ...
. In 1877, he moved as a pupil from Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
to Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg an ...
, whom he accompanied on two trips to Pest
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Science and medicine
* Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
** Weed, a plant considered undesirable
* Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection
** ...
and Rome.
In 1879, Roth appeared for the first time as soloist at the "Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikfest" in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
. In 1880 he was appointed as a piano teacher at the Hoch Conservatory
Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on 22 September 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament, a school for ...
in Frankfurt. There he was one of the founders of the ''Raff Conservatory'', of which he was co-director. Roth, who in the following years gave concerts in many cities in Germany, Italy and again and again in Switzerland, went to Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
in 1884 as a piano virtuoso, teacher and composer. At the Dresden "Royal Conservatory" he gave piano lessons as a special subject since 1885. Among the pupils he taught, who received a "prize certificate" for their achievements as piano players, was Georg Pittrich
George Washington Pittrich (22 February 1870 – 17 March 1934) was a German composer and ''Kapellmeister''.
Life
Born in Dresden, Pittrich attended the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber from 1884 to 1890, whose curriculum included theo ...
. From 1901 to 1930, Roth held around 300 Sunday matinees with works by contemporary composers in the "Musiksalon Bertrand Roth" in Dresden. In 1903, he was appointed Royal Professor.On Calliope Roth was dedicated a street in Plauen on his 75th birthday in 1925: the Bertrand-Roth-Straße in 08525 Plauen. Roth's compositional work includes songs, piano and string music. Roth died in Bern at the age of 73. The estate of Roth is kept in the
Saxon State and University Library Dresden
The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library (german: ...
.
Further reading
*Walther Killy
Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Götting ...
, Rudolf Vierhaus
Rudolf Vierhaus (29 October 1922 – 13 November 2011) was a German historian who mainly researched the Early modern period. He had been a professor at the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum since 1964. From 1971, he was director of the in Göt ...
(ed.): ''Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie
The ''Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie'' (''DBE'') is a biographical dictionary published by Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (from the third to fourth volume), the first edition of which was published from 1995 to 2003 in 13 volumes by K ...
.'' Vol. 8. K. G. Saur Verlag
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In 1987, K. G. Saur was acquired by Reed Interna ...
, Munich 1996, , .
* Fritz Ruch: "Bertrand Roth (1855 –1938) ein Liszt-Schüler, der während 45 Jahren in Dresden lebte und wirkte," in '' SLUB-Kurie''r, 12. Jahrgang, issue 3, 1998, .
* Fritz Ruch: ''Betrand Roth. Das Leben und Wirken eines Liszt-Schülers''. PAN, Basel/Kassel 1998, .
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Bertrand 19th-century classical composers 20th-century classical composers Swiss classical pianists 1855 births 1938 deaths 19th-century Swiss musicians 20th-century Swiss composers Swiss emigrants People from the Kingdom of Saxony Musicians from the German Empire