Ferdinand Gumbert
Illustration — Portrait of Ferdinand Gumbert Supplement to the Darmstädter Tagblatt, Nr.5/1886 Ferdinand Gumbert (22 April 1818 – 6 April 1896) was a German composer, singing teacher and music critic. Initially a singing teacher, he began a stage career as a baritone in 1839.
Ferdinand Gumbert
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- Born
- 1818 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1896 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia · German Reich
- Occupation
- vocal composer · voice teacher · writer · music critic · music educator · singer · translator
- Education
- Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster
- Teachers
- Wilhelm Hermann Claepius
- Languages
- German · French · Italian
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Ferdinand Gumbert studied at Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. Training under Wilhelm Hermann Claepius is recorded. Karl Formes and Rosa Junkermann are recorded as having studied under Ferdinand Gumbert. The recorded working language is German, French and Italian. Employment is recorded with Stadttheater in der Glockengasse and Neue Berliner Musikzeitung.
Gumbert was born in Berlin (Kingdom of Prussia). After an engagement of several years at the Cologne City Theatre (1840–42), he resigned from the stage on the advice of the Kapellmeister Conradin Kreutzer in favour of composition. In addition to his activities as a singing teacher and song composer, he worked from 1881 as a music consultant for the Tägliche Rundschau, as well as for the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung in Berlin. Among his singing students were Karl Formes and Rosa Le Seur. Gumbert translated numerous libretti from French into German. Gumbert came from a Mosaic family and was not married. He died in Berlin German Empire at the age of 79.
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- 1.Ferdinand Gumbert on IMSLP
- 2.Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, Leipzig and Vienna 1885-1892, E-text: https://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=107415
- 3.Ferdinand Gumbert in Großes Sängerlexikon
- 4.Ferdinand Gumbert on Italianopera.org
- 5.Ferdinand Gumbert on Musicalics
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