Conrad Eduard Reinhold Ansorge (15 October 1862 – 13 February 1930) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. He was born in Buchwald, Silesia, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory between 1880 and 1882, and under

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 ...

in Weimar in 1885 and 1886. He toured Europe and the United States. He was known for his interpretations of Beethoven. On 15 April 1890, his "Orpheus" symphony was performed in Steinway Hall, New York, under the baton of Theodore Thomas. He became professor of pianoforte at Weimar in 1893. From 1898 to 1903 he taught at Berlin, in the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory. In 1920 he became head of the piano master class at the German Academy (Deutschen Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst) in Prague. Conrad Ansorge's students included:

Selim Palmgren Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (16 February 1878 – 13 December 1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren was born in Pori, Finland, February 16, 1878. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki from 1895 to 1899, then ...

Eduard Erdmann Eduard Erdmann (5 March 1896 – 21 June 1958) was a Baltic German pianist and composer. Erdmann was born in Wenden (Cēsis) in the Governorate of Livonia. He was the great-nephew of the philosopher Johann Eduard Erdmann. His first musical ...

James Simon James or Jim Simon may refer to: * James Simon (composer) (1880–1944), German composer, pianist and musicologist * James Simon (journalist), journalism professor at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut * James D. Simon (1897–1982), Loui ...

, Alice Herz-Sommer, and Wilhelm Furtwängler.Emil Orlik: Portrait of Conrad Ansorge
/ref> He made some Welte-Mignon recordings in 1905, of music by Liszt, Schumann and others. He also wrote a Requiem, two symphonies, a piano concerto, three piano sonatas, two string quartets, and other works. None of these are in the current repertoire. He married the pianist Margarete Wegelin. Their son Joachim (1893-1947) was also a pianist and teacher. He died in Berlin.

List of works

*Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1 *Traumbilder, Op. 8 *Acht Lieder, Op. 10 *Sieben Gesänge, Op. 11 *Vigilien, Op. 12 *String Quartet, Op. 13 *Fünf Gesänge, Op. 14, ein Cyclus in 4 Gesängen *Fünf Lieder, Op. 15 *Weidenwald. Umdichtung von Stefan George nach Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Op. 16 *Fünf Lieder, Op. 17 *Erntelieder, after a poem by

Franz Evers Franz Evers (10 July 1871 – 14 September 1947) was first a bookseller and from 1889, editor of the monthly journal ''Litterarische Blätter''. Life Evers was born in Winsen an der Luhe. In 1892, together with Carl Hermann Busse, G. E. Geilf ...

, Op. 18 *Urworte und andere Gedichte von Goethe, Op. 19 *Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 21 *Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 22 *Piano Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 23 *Cello Sonata, Op. 24 *Polish Dances (arr.for piano) *Arrangement for piano of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue *Piano Concerto, Op. 28

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Eric Blom Eric Walter Blom (20 August 188811 April 1959) was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, music critic and writer. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1954). Biogr ...

, ed., Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed.
Bach cantatas

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