Jakob Rosenhain
Illustration — Jakob Rosenhain Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer. Rosenhain was born in Mannheim; he made his debut at the age of 11. During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on 17 April), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies.
Jakob Rosenhain
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- Born
- 1813 · Mannheim.
- Died
- 1894 · Baden-Baden.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Occupation
- composer · pianist
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Jakob Rosenhain Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer. Rosenhain was born in Mannheim; he made his debut at the age of 11. During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on 17 April), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies.
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1813
Jakob Rosenhain born at Mannheim.
1894
Jakob Rosenhain died at Baden-Baden.
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He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839. He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris. Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.
• Four operas: • Der Besuch in Irrenhause (1834) • Liswenna (1835) • Le Démon de la Nuit (1851); Liswenna rewritten • Volage et Jaloux (1863) • Orchestra • Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42 • Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig) • Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61 • Concertante • Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73 • Chamber works • Piano Quartet in Eflat, Op. 1 • Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38 • Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. Fétis • Sonate Symphonique in F minor (Piano Sonata No.2?), Op. 70 (pub. Breitkopf, 1887) • Piano Sonata (No.3?) in D, Op. 74 (published by Breitkopf, 1886) • 3 String Quartets, Opp. 55, 57, 65 (pub. 1864) • Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98. (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893) • Four Piano Trios • Songs • at least two dozen
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- 1.Meyers Konversationslexikon (Leipzig, 1889), vol. 13, p. 190.
- 2.Obituary , 21 April 1894, p. 378.
- 3.List of works performed by the Philharmonic Society.
- 4.See Pratt, Mendel (1907)
- 5.See Brown (1886).
- 6., vol. 40, 1899 (1 August 1899 issue), pp. 530-1. Discusses letters between Rosenhain and Mendelssohn from August 1839.
- 7.Emil Sommermeyer [n.d.;]. Library of Congress Permalink for Second Symphony, Sommermeyer Edition.
- 8.Library of Congress Permalink for Piano Concerto, Breitkopf & Härtel Edition.
- 9.1890-2 Crystal Palace Sunday Concerts, Including First English Performance of Rosenhain Piano Concerto.
- 10.Piano Quartets Page.
- 11.at IMSLP.
- 12.Scanned in at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Site, in References. Op. 41 is mentioned in HMB as another work entirely from 1845, and Op. 44 in F minor seems to be Rosenhain's first sonata - so this may be a typo or misreading on someone's part (it seemed to be Op. 41, but now am assuming this should be Op. 44).
- 13.Publication of all 3 quartets by Richault mentioned, together with dedicatees (Rossini, Vieuxtemps, Jean Becker), in the Bibliographie de la France, 2e série, 53e année, nº 48, 26 Novembre 1864, p. 562, registration 2854.
- 14.HMB gives a cello sonata here and RISM Online gives a manuscript D minor viola sonata from 1893, but these may be the same work
- 15.Hubbard, p. 235.
- 16.See the Ezust Lied and Art Song Texts Page, in References.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Singer, Isidore. Article on Rosenhain from The Jewish Encyclopedia.
- Brown, James Duff (1886). . A. Gardner. page 522.
- Hubbard, W. L. (William Lines) (1910/2005 reprint) . Kessinger Publishing. .
- May, Florence (1905). . E. Arnold. Pages 28–9.
- Pratt, Waldo Selden; Mendel, Arthur (1907). . G. Schirmer. Page 538.
- The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive. Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Rosenhain.
- Heugel (Paris). Scan of Rosenhain F minor (1st) Piano Sonata at Bavarian Digital Library. 1857.
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