Karl Vilhelm Albert Richard Henneberg (5 August 1853 – 19 October 1925) was a German composer and conductor. His mother was named Augusta Boltman, and his father, Albert Henneberg, was an opera singer. He was born in

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, Germany. He was a student of Rust, had a concert tour in

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in 1872 and the following year at the age of twenty, became conductor of '' Harmonien'' (later

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) in

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. After serving in Bergen, he travelled with a German opera company and settled in Stockholm, Sweden, where he became

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

of a small theater in 1878, the new theater in 1879, and the opera in 1885. His compositions include the opera ''Drottningens vallfart'', the ballet ''Undina'' and music to the plays ''Brand'', ''Lyco-Pers resa'' and ''Diamantbröllopet''. He also composed diverse

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

, piano pieces,

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works and solo songs. He was married in 1879 to Fanny Louise Behrens and in 1900 to Thyra Maria Gyllenskepp. He died in

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, Sweden in 1990.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henneberg, Richard 1853 births 1925 deaths German composers 19th-century German musicians