Paul Elgers (real name Wilhelm Paul Bernhard Schmidt) (20 November 1876 – after 1927) was a German violinist and music educator.
Life
Born in Berlin, Elgers was born the son of the factory owner Bernhard Schmidt and his wife Marie Zorn. He attended the . From 1895 to 1897 he received violin lessons from
Karel Halíř. From 1898 to 1900 he studied violin with
Gustav Hollaender and
theory with
Ludwig Bussler at the
Stern Conservatory. In 1900 he changed to Karel Halíř and
Joseph Joachim at the
Universität der Künste Berlin. From 1901 to 1903 he was taught by Anton Witek in Berlin and from 1903 by Albert Geloso in Paris.
In 1902 he made his debut as a soloist with the
Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of . Schneider,
Tutzing 1982, , . Until 1906 he undertook concert tours. From 1906 to 1911 he was director of the Ochs-Eichelberg Conservatory in Berlin. From 1911 to 1914 he worked as a violin pedagogue in Berlin. In 1919,
Bruno Hinze-Reinhold
Bruno Hinze-Reinhold (20 October 1877 – 26 December 1964) was a German pianist and music scholar. From 1916 to 1933 he was director of the music school and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.
Life
Hinze-Reinhold was born in Danzig ...
invited him to become head of the 1st violin class at the
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. After having fallen out with Hinze-Reinhold, he opened a competing violin school in Weimar with Hilde Elgers in September 1924. His successor at the music school was
Max Strub
Karl Johannes Max Strub (28 September 1900 – 23 March 1966) was a German violin virtuoso and eminent violin pedagogue. He gained a Europe-wide reputation during his 36 years of activity as primarius of the Strub Quartet. Stations as concertmas ...
. From 1927 Elgers worked as a teacher at the Stern' Conservatory in Berlin. In 1934 he took over a violin training class there.
[''Personal details''. In ''The Music'' 26 (1933/34) 1, .]
Elgers, a Protestant, was married and had two children. His son (1915-1995) was a writer.
Further reading
* Erich H. Müller (ed.): ''Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon''. W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
References
External links
Paul Elgersin der MusicSack-Datenbank
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Musicians from Berlin
1876 births
Date of death unknown
German music educators
German classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts