- Bernhard Scholz
Bernhard E. Scholz, (
March 30 ,1835 inMainz -December 26 ,1916 inMunich ) was a German conductor,composer and teacher ofmusic .Life
Bernhard Scholz was supposed to have taken over his father's business (Lithographische Druckerei und Verlag Jos. Scholz) and studied to be a printer at Imp. Lemercier in
Paris . He was a student ofErnst Pauer (piano ) in Mainz, and 1855-56 ofSiegfried Dehn (counterpoint ) inBerlin . He also tookvoice lessons with the famous teacherAntonio Sangiovanni inMilan . He first taught at the Munich Conservatory and was courtKapellmeister inZürich ,Nuremberg and 1859-65 inHanover . Between 1865 and 1866 he was director of the Cherubini Society inFlorence and also taught at the Stern Conservatory and Kullak'schen Konservatorium. From 1871-83 he directed theOrchestra Society inBreslau . In 1883 he was appointed director of theHoch Conservatory inFrankfurt am Main - a post which he held until 1908.Works
* "Carlo Rosa", Opera (1858 in Munich)
* "Ziethen'sche Husaren", Opera (1869 in Breslau)
* "Morgiane", Opera (1870 in Munich)
* "Golo", Opera (1875 inNürnberg )
* "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen", Opera (1877 inWiesbaden )
* "Die vornehmen Witwe", Opera (1883 inLeipzig )
* "Ingo", Opera (1898 in Frankfurt)
* "Anno 1757", Opera (1903 in Berlin)
* "Mirandolina", Opera (1907 inDarmstadt )
* Choral music with Orchestra
* 2 Symphonies
* Piano Concerto
* 2 String quartets
* String quintet
* Piano quartet
* 2 Piano Trios
* 3 Violin sonatas
* 5 Cello sonatas
* Piano music
* LiederPublications
* "Lehre vom Kontrapunkt und der Nachahmung", 1897
* "Wohin treiben wir?", 1897 (a collection of essays)
* "Musikalisches und Persönliches", 1899
* "Verklungene Weisen", 1911
* Sigfried Dehn: "Lehre vom Kontrapunkt, dem Kanon und der Fuge", (Bernhard Scholz, Ed.) 1859/2. Edition: 1883References
* Peter Cahn, "Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978)", Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979.
* "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", (Nicolas Slonimsky, Ed.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958
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