Theodor Hausmann (9 December 1880 – 19 June 1972) was a German composer.
Life
Born in
Elberfeld
Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.
History
The first official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as "''elverfelde''" was in a do ...
, Hausmann showed musical talent at the piano as a child. His strict
Calvinist
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
father, however, did not tolerate the performance of secular works and he forbade a further, better musical education.
Hausmann biography
/ref> Hausmann therefore first completed a commercial apprenticeship. After his father's death in 1913, however, he switched to music and studied first under W. Franke and Hermann Unger
Gustav Hermann Unger (26 October 1886 – 31 December 1958) was a German composer.
Life
Born in Kamenz, Unger was the son of the travelling theatre director Fritz Unger (1858-1922) and his wife Maria ''née'' Stein. Unger attended the Gymnasi ...
in Cologne and after the First World War under Julius Weismann in Freiburg, Joseph Haas in Munich and Hermann Grabner in Leipzig.
After his studies he was offered a position as assistant to the conductor Philipp Wolfrum at the Philharmonic Orchestra in Heidelberg. One year later, Hausmann was appointed conductor of the Remscheid Opera Orchestra. After some mental breakdowns, Hausmann went to Icking for a cure. There he recovered and turned to composing. After initial successes he moved back to Heidelberg, where he made a name for himself as a composer and teacher.
In his old age he moved for a short time to a relative in South Africa but did not tolerate the country and its people and returned to Germany. Hausmann died in a nursing home in Weinheim at the age of 91. He was unmarried and left no children behind.
Among Hausmann's best works is his Cello Sonata op.30 from 1935, which was premiered by the renowned cellist Ludwig Hoelscher
Ludwig Hoelscher (23 August 19078 May 1996) was a German cellist. He played internationally as a soloist, and was well known as a chamber musician, first playing from 1932 in Elly Ney's piano trio, then in the Strub Quartet and other formations. ...
and was in his repertoire for many years.
Work
* Streichquartett op.9
* Klaviertrio op.12
* Violinsonate op.16
* Cellosonate op.30
* ''Variationen über das Volkslied "Weißt du wieviel Sternlein stehen?'', for piano op.31
* Streichtrio op.34
References
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1880 births
1972 deaths
People from Elberfeld
20th-century German composers
Musicians from Wuppertal