Jakob Rosenhain

Jakob Rosenhain

Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 in Mannheim^[1] – 21 March 1894 in Baden-Baden)^[2] was a Jewish and German pianist and composer of classical music.

Rosenhain made his debut at the age of 11.^[2] During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on April 17), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies.^[3][4]

He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris.^[5]

He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839.^[3]

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, op. 55, 57, 65 (pub. 1864)^[13]
• Sonata in D minor for cello and piano, op. 98^[14]
• Sonata in D minor for viola and piano (manuscript, may be same as above? noted in RISM and dates from 1893)
• Four Piano Trios^[15]

Songs

• At least 2 dozen^[16]

Notes

1. Meyers Konversationslexikon, Band 13, Seite 190, Leipzig, 1889
2. Musical Times at Google Books, April 21, 1894 issue. Obituary, p. 378.
3. Musical Times at Google Books, volume 40, 1899. August 1, 1899 issue. Published by Novello. pages 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)
6. See Brown (1886).
7. "Library of Congress Permalink for Second Symphony, Sommermeyer Edition". 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. at 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 (opac.rism.info) 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.

External links

• Free scores by Jakob Rosenhain at the International Music Score Library Project

References

• 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.