en Jakob Rosenhain

Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer.

Rosenhain was born in Mannheim;^[1] he made his debut at the age of 11.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839.^[3] He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris.^[5]

Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.^[2]

Selected compositions

Four operas: ^[6]

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^[6]
Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig)^[3]^[7]
Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61^[6]

Concertante

Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73^[8]^[9]

Chamber works

Piano Quartet in E♭, Op. 1^[10]
Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38^[11]
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. Fétis^[12]
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)^[13]
Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98.^[14] (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893)
Four Piano Trios^[15]

Songs

at least two dozen^[16]

References

^ Meyers Konversationslexikon (Leipzig, 1889), vol. 13, p. 190.
^ ^a ^b Obituary Musical Times at Google Books, 21 April 1894, p. 378.
^ ^a ^b ^c Musical Times at Google Books, vol. 40, 1899 (1 August 1899 issue), pp. 530-1. Discusses letters between Rosenhain and Mendelssohn from August 1839.
^ List of works performed by the Philharmonic Society.
^ See Pratt, Mendel (1907)
^ ^a ^b ^c See Brown (1886).
^ Library of Congress Permalink for Second Symphony, Sommermeyer Edition. Emil Sommermeyer [n.d.;]. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
^ "Library of Congress Permalink for Piano Concerto, Breitkopf & Härtel Edition". Retrieved 2009-01-17.
^ "1890-2 Crystal Palace Sunday Concerts, Including First English Performance of Rosenhain Piano Concerto". Retrieved 2009-01-28.
^ "Piano Quartets Page" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ at IMSLP.
^ 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).
^ 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.
^ 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
^ Hubbard, p. 235.
^ See the Ezust Lied and Art Song Texts Page, in References.

Bibliography

Singer, Isidore; Sohn, Joseph. "Article on Rosenhain from The Jewish Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2009-01-19.
Brown, James Duff (1886). Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: With a Bibliography of English Writings on Music at Google Books. A. Gardner. page 522.
Hubbard, W. L. (William Lines) (1910/2005 reprint) The American History and Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies Part Two at Google Books. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1-4179-0713-4.
May, Florence (1905). The Life of Johannes Brahms at Google Books. E. Arnold. Pages 28–9.
Pratt, Waldo Selden; Mendel, Arthur (1907). The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students at Google Books. G. Schirmer. Page 538.
"Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Rosenhain". The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
"Scan of Rosenhain F minor (1st) Piano Sonata at Bavarian Digital Library". Heugel (Paris). 1857. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

External links

Free scores by Jakob Rosenhain at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

[1] Meyers Konversationslexikon (Leipzig, 1889), vol. 13, p. 190.

[obit-2] Obituary Musical Times at Google Books, 21 April 1894, p. 378.

[mtarticle-3] Musical Times at Google Books, vol. 40, 1899 (1 August 1899 issue), pp. 530-1. Discusses letters between Rosenhain and Mendelssohn from August 1839.

[4] List of works performed by the Philharmonic Society.

[5] See Pratt, Mendel (1907)

[Brown-6] See Brown (1886).

[7] Library of Congress Permalink for Second Symphony, Sommermeyer Edition. Emil Sommermeyer [n.d.;]. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

[8] "Library of Congress Permalink for Piano Concerto, Breitkopf & Härtel Edition". Retrieved 2009-01-17.

[9] "1890-2 Crystal Palace Sunday Concerts, Including First English Performance of Rosenhain Piano Concerto". Retrieved 2009-01-28.

[10] "Piano Quartets Page" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-01-19.

[11] t 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.

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Selected compositions

References

Bibliography

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