Hermann Bischoff

Hermann Bischoff
Born	January 7, 1868
Died	January 25, 1936 (aged 68)
Occupation	Composer

Hermann Bischoff (7 January 1868 in Duisburg – 25 January 1936 in Berlin)^[1] was a German composer of classical music.

After leaving Leipzig to continue his first studies of music, he met Richard Strauss and fell in with his circle.^[2]

Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, along with a 1926 Introduction und Rondo. His first symphony, dedicated Herrn Dr. Richard Strauss^[3] was performed (premiered?) in Essen in the same festival (The 42nd Tonkünstler-Festival) in 1906 (May 24-8, 1906) that saw the premiere of Mahler's Sixth Symphony.^[4]

Compositions

• Two symphonies
  • No. 1 in E major (published in 1906)^[5]
  • No. 2 in D minor (published 1914 by F.E.C. Leuckart)^[6]
• Other works with Orchestra
  • Introduction and Rondo for Orchestra (1926)
• Various Songs with Piano (e.g. Op. 3, Op. 6, Op. 7, Op.15^[7]) and with Orchestral Accompaniment

References

1. "MusicSack". Retrieved 1 October 2010.
2. Cook, Paul (December 2006). "Review of Recording of Bischoff's First Symphony". Retrieved 2009-01-05.
3. see Scan of symphony, p. 9.
4. The review refers to Bischoff as a pupil, not just an associate, of Strauss. Performance reviewed took place on May 24. The Musical Times, July 1 1906: entitled "The Forty-Second Tonkünstler-Festival of the General German Music Society, at Essen. Retrieved 2009-01-09." 47(761):486.
5. Reviewed, very poorly, in the New York Times when performed by the Boston Symphony in New York, under the direction of Karl Muck, in 1908. "THE BOSTON SYMPHONY.; A New Symphony by Hermann Bischoff -- Mme. Carreno Plays" (PDF). The New York Times. January 10, 1908. Retrieved 2009-01-05. The work only received its Boston premiere a month later, at the end of February 1908 - see Boston Symphony Orchestra Programmes, 1907-8 at Google Books. page 1205.
6. appears December 1914 Hofmeisters Monatsberichte, page 228.
7. op.15 - 25 neue Weisen zu Alten Liedern, published by Lauterbach & Kuhn - pub. 1902?, see HMB 1902, p.618- score does say copyright 1903, though, see BSB copy

• "Scan of Bischoff's First Symphony". Retrieved 2009-01-27.

External links

• Free scores by Hermann Bischoff at the International Music Score Library Project