Philip Jarnach

Until 1914 he lived in Paris, where he studied piano under Édouard Risler and harmony under Albert Lavignac at the Conservatoire de Paris. During the First World War he was a student of Ferruccio Busoni in Zürich. In the 1920s Jarnach worked in Berlin as a pianist, conductor and composer. In 1927 he became a teacher in composition at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1949 he founded the Hamburger Musikhochschule (Hamburg Music Academy) which he directed until 1959 and at which he taught until 1970. His students included Ivan Rebroff (known as Hans Rolf Rippert at that time), Kurt Weill, Otto Luening, Wilhelm Maler, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Jürg Baur, Walter Steffens, Colin Brumby, Eberhard Werdin and Nikos Skalkottas. In 1982, he died in Börnsen. Jarnach composed a Sinfonia brevis, a prelude for large orchestra, a quartet and a quintet for strings, further chamber music, especially for violin and piano, and vocal works.

Training under Albert Lavignac is recorded. Nikos Skalkottas, Colin Brumby and Norbert Schultze are recorded as having studied under Philip Jarnach. The recorded working language is German and French. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Distinctions recorded are Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Berliner Kunstpreis.

• Name — Philipp Jarnach • Born — 26 July 1892 • Birthplace — Noisy-le-Sec, France • Died — 17 December 1982 • Place of death — Börnsen, West Germany • Occupation — Composer, pianist • Children — Franz Jarnach • Relatives — Lucy Jarnach (granddaughter)