Otto Singer

Otto Singer (July 26, 1833 – January 3, 1894) was a German musician also active in the USA.

Singer was born in Sora, Saxony. He was educated in Dresden, and later in Leipzig until 1865, and after a short residence in Weimar with Franz Liszt went to New York in 1867.

In 1873 he went to Cincinnati as assistant musical director, under Theodore Thomas, of the first May Musical Festival, in that year. He composed the cantata The Pilgrim Fathers for the festival of 1876, and Festival Ode for the opening of the music-hall in 1878. He remained with the Cincinnati College of Music until 1892, when he returned to New York, where he died.

He was an earnest and aggressive disciple of Liszt and Richard Wagner both in his compositions and piano performances. He conducted various singing societies, and in addition to the cantata mentioned he composed some sonatas for the pianoforte and a concerto.^[1]

References

1. ^ Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.

External links

• Free scores by Otto Singer at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Singer, Otto
Alternative names
Short description	German musician
Date of birth	26 July 1833
Place of birth	Sora (Wilthen), Saxony
Date of death	3 January 1894
Place of death	New York City