Eduard Rohde (25 September 1828 – 25 March 1883) was a German composer and

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. Born in Halle, Germany in 1828, he was a pupil of August Gottfried Ritter, and later a choirmaster at the St. Georgenkirche and singing teacher at the Sophien-Gymnasium in

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. Rohde was also a royal music director. Eduard Rohde had a son named Eduard Rohde Jr. (2 May 1856 – 1931), also a composer, and died in Berlin in 1883. He wrote piano pieces, motets, part-songs, a sonata, instrumental and vocal works, as well as an elementary textbook for piano. His pupils include Arthur H. Bird.

Works

* Dance of the Dragonflies * Marionettes * Album Leaf * Butterfly Op. 36, No. 8 * 6 Tonbuilder, Op. 50 * Fliegende Blätter, Op. 36 * Fugue in E minor * Élégie in G minor * Triolett, Op. 32 * Elfenreigen, Op. 111 * Volks-Lieder, Op. 137 * Zwiegesang, Op. 146, No. 2 * Sommerabend (op. 50) * Der Blumen Rache (op. 141) * Schildehorn (op. 128) * V. sonata (op. 170)

References

# https://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Rohde_E_1828

External links

Heine in der Musik. 6. Komponisten N - R, p. 390
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohde, Eduard 1828 births 1883 deaths 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians 19th-century German organists German male composers German male organists Musicians from Halle (Saale)