Hermann Bischoff
Hermann Bischoff (7 January 1868 in Duisburg – 25 January 1936 in Berlin) was a German composer of classical music. After leaving Leipzig to continue his first studies of music, he met Richard Strauss and fell in with his circle. Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, along with a 1926 Introduction und Rondo.
Hermann Bischoff
- Name
- Hermann Bischoff
- Born
- 7 January 1868
- Died
- 25 January 1936
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages
- German
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Hermann Bischoff (7 January 1868 in Duisburg – 25 January 1936 in Berlin) was a German composer of classical music. After leaving Leipzig to continue his first studies of music, he met Richard Strauss and fell in with his circle. Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, along with a 1926 Introduction und Rondo.
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His first symphony, dedicated to Strauss was performed (premiered?) in Essen on 24 May 1906, as part of the 42nd Tonkünstler-Festival, the same festival that saw the premiere of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony.
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• Name — Hermann Bischoff • Born — 7 January 1868 • Died — 25 January 1936 • Occupation — Composer
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• Two symphonies • No. 1 in E major (published in 1906) • No. 2 in D minor (1910, premiered 1911, published 1914 by F.E.C. Leuckart) • Other works with Orchestra • Introduction and Rondo for Orchestra (1926) • Various Songs with Piano (e.g. Op. 3, Op. 6, Op. 7, Op.15) and with Orchestral Accompaniment
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- 1.MusicSack.
- 2.Cook, Paul. Review of Recording of Bischoff's First Symphony. December 2006.
- 3.see Scan of symphony, p. 9.
- 4.The Forty-Second Tonkünstler-Festival of the General German Music Society, at Essen. 1906.
- 5.THE BOSTON SYMPHONY.; A New Symphony by Hermann Bischoff -- Mme. Carreno Plays. The New York Times The work only received its Boston premiere a month later, at the end of February 1908 - see Google books. January 10, 1908.
- 6.appears December 1914 Hofmeisters Monatsberichte, page 228.
- 7.Preface by Jürgen Schaarwächter, 2015, for Musikproduktion München.
- 8.op.15 - 25 neue Weisen zu Alten Liedern, published by Lauterbach & Kuhn - pub. 1902?, see HMB 1902, p.618- score does say copyright 1903, though, see BSB copy
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