Karl Adolf Lorenz (13 August 1837 – 3 March 1923) was a

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conductor, composer, and music pedagogue.

Career

Born in

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, his family moved to

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where he attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium (de) (a school) for 16 years. During those 16 years, Lorenz studied music with composer Heinrich Trieste (1808–1885). In 1857, Lorenz went on to study at the

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, earning a

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in philosophy in 1861. In philosophy he was highly influenced by his study of

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. In music, he studied counterpoint with Siegfried Dehn, piano and composition with Friedrich Kiel and instrumentation with choirmaster Wenzel Gährich, all at the

. Lorenz remained in

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until 1864, during which he had several conducting engagements of the Meixnerschen glee club. In 1864, Lorenz moved to

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to conduct the Musical Society. Two years later he became professor at his ''

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'', the Marienstiftsgymnasium. Three years before the death of

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in 1869, Lorenz became his successor as music director and organist at the Jakobikirche, Stettin.; and he also became an opera critic. Lorenz died in 1923 in

. Until 1945 Lorenz had been honored in Köslin, the town of his birth and the town where he grew up, by a memorial plaque and both Köslin and Stettin had streets bearing his surname.

Selected compositions

As composer, he achieved great success with his oratorio ''Winfried'' (1888), ''Otto der Grosse,'' (1890) ''Krösus,'' (1890) ''Die Jungfrau von Orleans,'' (1893) ''Golgatha,,'' (1903) ''Das Licht'' (1907), and the opera ''Harald und Theano'' (Hanover, 1893).

External links

Lorenz, Karl Adolf/Collections

References

1837 births 1923 deaths Composers from the Kingdom of Prussia Musicians from the German Empire German composers People from Koszalin Musicians from the Province of Pomerania 19th-century German musicians Humboldt University of Berlin alumni {{Germany-composer-stub