Hoch Conservatory
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| Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium - Musikakademie Frankfurt am Main |
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| Director | Mario Liepe |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Location | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse Hesse Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
| Students | ca. 1000 |
| Lecturers | 80 |
| Departments | Music Studies Department Diplom Diplom A Diplom is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland , Greece, Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Ukraine... in Music Diploma Diploma A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to... as State Qualified Music Pedagogue Diploma Diploma A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to... in Performance ---- Pre-College-Frankfurt Program (PCF)
---- Music Education for Youth and Adults (ANE)
---- Ballet Department Early Music Department New Music and Composition Department |
| Address | Sonnemannstr. 16 60314 Frankfurt am Main |
| Homepage | http://www.dr-hochs.de |
Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium - Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on September 22, 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch
Joseph Hoch
Joseph Paul Johannes Hoch was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music conservatory in Germany...
, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament
Will (law)
A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death...
, a school for music and the arts was established for all age groups. It has played an important role in the history of music in Frankfurt. Many famous musicians have taught there: in the late 19th century, with teachers like Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
on the faculty, the Conservatory achieved international renown. In the 1890s about 25% of the students were from other countries: 46 were from England
England
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and 23 from America
United States
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.
In the 1920s, under director Bernhard Sekles
Bernhard Sekles
Bernhard Sekles was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna, . The family name Seckeles was changed by Bernhard Sekles to Sekles. From 1894 to 1895 he was the third Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater...
, the Conservatory was far ahead of its time: Sekles initiated the world’s first Jazz Studies
Jazz Education
- Non-academic :* ca. 1890: Jenkins Orphanage Bands. The Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins established an orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina.* 1890s: Alpha Cottage School An orphanage in Kingston, Jamaica offering a music programme....
(directed by Mátyás Seiber
Mátyás Seiber
Mátyás György Seiber was a Hungarian-born composer who lived and worked in England from 1935 onward.-Career:Seiber was born in Budapest, and studied there with Zoltán Kodály, with whom he toured Hungary collecting folk songs. In 1928, he became director of the jazz department at the Hoch...
) and in 1931 the Elementary Music Department.
Today Dr. Hoch's Conservatory offers instruction in the Music Education for Youth and Adults (ANE) program, the Elementary Music Department (Basisabteilung), and the Pre-College-Frankfurt (PCF) program, which provides preparation for future studies at a Hochschule
Hochschule
Hochschule is a German term with two meanings.The literal meaning of the word Hochschule is “high school” which is not appropriate as a translation.- Generic term :...
or Conservatory. There are also Ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
, Early Music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
and New Music departments. The following qualifications are available: Diplom
Diplom
A Diplom is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland , Greece, Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Ukraine...
in Music and Diploma
Diploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
s in Music Pedagogy
Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
in all instruments, voice, music theory, composition, performance, and Elementary Music Pedagogy.
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honored the Conservatory on the reverse side of the former 100 DM
German mark
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bill with a picture of the original Conservatory building, unfortunately bombed in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Clara Schumann is pictured on the front side of the same bill.
Chronology
- 1857: 14 July: Dr. Joseph Hoch (1815–74) makes the Hoch Conservatory foundation the main heir of his fortune.
- 1874: Dr. Hoch dies on 19 September.
- 1876: The foundation is officially recognized (16 March).
- 1877: 16 February: Recognition of the foundation's governing body by the Frankfurt Magistrate, Chairman Dr. Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein (until 1890).
- June: Joachim Raff elected first director of the Hoch Conservatory.
- 1878: 22 September: Opening ceremony in the Frankfurt Saalhof.
- 20 October: Clara Schumann's 50th anniversary as a performer.
- 1879: 10 February: first internal student concert.
- 9 June: Frankfurt visit by Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
.
- 9 June: Frankfurt visit by Franz Liszt
- 1880: Differences between Raff and Julius Stockhausen, who resigns on 1 September.
- 1882: Joachim Raff dies on 24 June. His successor, Bernhard Scholz, appointed on 11. November.
- 1883: 21. January: Secession of the followers of Raff, which leads in April to the opening of the Raff-Konservatorium.
- 21. March: Bernhard Scholz takes over as director.
- 1884: Julius Stockhausen resigns for a second time (1 April).
- September: Opening of the Seminar (Director: Iwan Knorr).
- 1886: September: Opening of the pre-school: Hans Pfitzner studies at the Hoch Conservatory (with scholarship) until 1890.
- 1888: 29. April: Inauguration of the new Conservatory building.
- 1890: Dr. Theodor Mettenheimer takes over the chairmanship of the governors. State subvention for 2 scholarships. Engelbert Humperdincks begins teaching (1890–97).
- 1892: Clara Schumann retires. The Hoch Conservatory takes over the training for the scholarships of the Mozart-Foundation.
- 1896: Clara Schumann dies on 20 May.
- 1901: Heinrich Hanau becomes chairman of the governors (until 1904).
- 1904: Emil Sulzbach called to be chairman (until 1923).
- 1908: Bernhard Scholz resigns. Iwan Knorr becomes director. Opening of the Orchestra School.
- 1909: Paul Hindemith receives a scholarship and is accepted as a student of Rebner.
- 1916: Iwan Knorr dies 22 January. In September Waldemar von BaußnernWaldemar von BaußnernWaldemar Edler von Baußnern was a German composer and music teacher.-Life:...
takes over as director. - 1918: Opening of the Singing School Seminar.
- 1921: Tension between the governors and director. Inflation forces the foundation to ask for subventions from the city and the state of Hesse. Plans for a "Hochschule" for Frankfurt (Leo Kestenberg).
- 1923: 27 April Waldemar von Bausznern retires. Hermann ScherchenHermann ScherchenHermann Scherchen was a German conductor.-Life:Scherchen was originally a violist and played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens...
applies for the job of director. Resignation of Emil Sulzbach. - 1924: Bernhard Sekles appointed director. Opening of the Opera School. Dr. Oswald Feis becomes chairman of the foundation.
- 1926: Seminar for private music teachers and »Conservatory for listeners of Music« opened.
- 1928: Opening of the first academic Jazz classes anywhere under the direction of Mátyás Seiber. Concerts held in the "Volksbildungsheim" (Hermann von Schmeidel).
- 1931: Courses in Children's Musical Pedagogy.
- 1933: Dismissal of the director Bernhard Sekles and all Jewish and foreign teachers (10 April).
- Dr. Hans Rumpf becomes chairman of the foundation and Bertil Wetzelsberger director.
- 17 October: Opening of the »Hochschule für Musik und Theater der Stadt Frankfurt am Main« without permission of the Ministry of Culture. Growing influence of Artistic Director Hans Meißner.
- 1936: Hermann Reutter becomes director.
- 1937: 19 October: Contract between the City of Frankfurt and the foundation Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium concerning the establishing of a state "Hochschule" for Music.
- 1938: 1 April: Opening of the state "HochschuleFrankfurt University of Music and Performing ArtsThe Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....
". The Conservatory degraded to a pre-school. - 1943: 4 October: Conservatory building hit by aircraft bombing. Move to the Passavant-Gontard'sche Palais.
- 1944: February: Passavant-Gontard'sche Palais also destroyed.
- 1947: Reopening of the Department of Church Music in April and the Department of School Music in the autumn.
- 1950: Walther Davisson becomes Artistic Director of the "Hochschule".
- 1951: Recommencing of teaching at the Hoch Conservatory in a building constructed on the ruins at Eschenheimer Landstr. 4 (Volksbildungsheim). Chairman of the foundation also funktions as city councillor.
- 1954: A board of directors installed for the "Hochschule" and Conservatory.
- 1958: Philipp Mohler becomes director of the unified "Hochschule" and the Hoch Conservatory.
- 1967: The Frankfurt Magistrate nullifies the 1937 contract.
- 1971: Plans for joining the Conservatory with the Music School meet with resistance. The Conservatory becomes a stepping stone between the Music School and "Musikhochschule".
- 1973: Philipp Mohler resigns as director of the Hoch Conservatory. Klaus Volk becomes director of the unified Conservatory and Music School.
- 1977: Klaus Volk resigns. Prof. Hans Dieter Resch, rector of the "Musikhochschule", becomes provisional director of the Conservatory, and in 1978 Alois Kottmann.
- 1979: Frank Stähle becomes director. Under his direction the Conservatory is restructured and again becomes an institute for training professional musicians.
- 1986: Alterations begin at the Philanthropin, a former Jewish school in Frankfurt's North End. Move to the Philanthropin takes place in stages: 1986-1989.
- 1989: Move to Philanthropin completed. Opening ceremonies on February 9. Stadträtin Jutta Ebeling replaces Bernhard Mihm as Chairperson of the foundation.
- 2002: The Hoch Conservatory is given the status of Music Academy.
- 2005: Move to the newly built Education Center Ostend (BZO).
- 2007: Frank Stähle retires and Werner Wilde becomes provisional director for one year.
- 2008: Mario Liepe is appointed director.
Directors
- 1878–1882: Joseph Joachim RaffJoachim RaffJoseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist.-Biography:Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitment into the military of that southwestern German state that had to fight for Napoleon in...
- 1883–1908: Bernhard ScholzBernhard ScholzBernhard E. Scholz, was a German conductor, composer and teacher of music.- Life :Bernhard Scholz was born in Mainz in 1835. He was intended by his father to take over his father's business and studied to be a printer at Imp. Lemercier in Paris. But music became his career...
- 1908–1916: Iwan KnorrIwan KnorrIwan Knorr was a German composer and teacher of music. A native of Mewe, he attended the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied with Ignaz Moscheles, Ernst Friedrich Richter and Carl Reinecke. In 1874 he became a teacher and in 1878 director of music theory instruction at the Imperial...
- 1916–1923: Waldemar von BaußnernWaldemar von BaußnernWaldemar Edler von Baußnern was a German composer and music teacher.-Life:...
(also: von Bausznern) - 1924–1933: Bernhard SeklesBernhard SeklesBernhard Sekles was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna, . The family name Seckeles was changed by Bernhard Sekles to Sekles. From 1894 to 1895 he was the third Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater...
- 1933–1936: Bertil Wetzelsberger
- 1936–1944: Hermann Reutter
- 1950–1954: Walther DavissonWalther DavissonWalther Davisson was a German violinist and conductor,Davisson was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory from 1900 to 1906 with Johann Naret-Koning and Adolf Rebner, in whose string quartet he played second violin from 1906 to 1913. He also taught violin in...
- 1954–1958: Helmut WalchaHelmut WalchaHelmut Walcha was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :Born in Leipzig, Walcha was blinded at age 19 after vaccination for smallpox...
, Erich Flinsch, Gustav Lenzewski - 1958–1973: Philipp Mohler
- 1973–1977: Klaus VolkKlaus VolkKlaus Volk is a German jurist, professor at University of Munich and defense lawyer specialized in commercial-law-related criminal cases.His doctorate thesis at University of Munich 1970 was about philosophy of law....
- 1977–1979: Hans Dieter Resch, Alois KottmannAlois KottmannAlois Kottmann is a German violinist, music pedagogue, university professor and patron.- Background :Alois Kottmann was raised as one of three children of a silversmith. His mother was very much interested in music so she made every possible effort for a musical education of her children...
- 1979–2007: Frank Stähle
- 2007–2008: Werner Wilde, Provisional Director
- 2008–: Mario Liepe
Famous Teachers
- 1878–1880 and 1883-84: Julius StockhausenJulius StockhausenJulius Christian Stockhausen was a German singer and singing master.- Life :Stockhausens' parents, Franz Stockhausen Sr...
- 1878–1883: Anton UrspruchAnton UrspruchAnton Urspruch was a German composer and pedagogue who belonged to the late German Romantic era. -Life and career:...
- 1878–1882: Joachim RaffJoachim RaffJoseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist.-Biography:Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitment into the military of that southwestern German state that had to fight for Napoleon in...
- 1878–1892: Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
- 1878–1880: Carl HeymannCarl HeymannCarl Heymann , was a virtuoso German pianist, composer and piano teacher.- Life :Heymann was considered to the successor to Rubinstein, and taught at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main from 1878-1880...
- 1878–1904: Hugo HeermannHugo HeermannHugo Heermann was a German violinist. He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main where he taught violin from 1878 to 1904 at the Hoch Conservatory...
- 1878–1910: Bernhard CossmannBernhard CossmannBernhard Cossmann was a German cellist. Born in Dessau, he first studied under Theodore Muller. During his life, he worked for the Grand Opera in Paris and became acquainted with Franz Liszt, with whom he went to Weimar. In 1866, Cossmann was appointed professor of cello studies at the Moscow...
- 1882–1907: Lazzaro Uzielli
- 1883–1908: Iwan KnorrIwan KnorrIwan Knorr was a German composer and teacher of music. A native of Mewe, he attended the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied with Ignaz Moscheles, Ernst Friedrich Richter and Carl Reinecke. In 1874 he became a teacher and in 1878 director of music theory instruction at the Imperial...
- 1883–1902: James Kwast
- 1884–1923: Ernst Engesser
- 1890–1897: Engelbert HumperdinckEngelbert HumperdinckEngelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province; at the age of 67 he died in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.-Life:After receiving piano lessons, Humperdinck produced his first composition...
- 1893–1904: Carl FriedbergCarl FriedbergCarl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg was a German pianist and teacher.Friedberg studied piano with James Kwast and with Clara Schumann at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt. He later became a teacher there and later at the Cologne Conservatory...
(also: Karl) - 1894–1906: Hugo BeckerHugo Beckerfor french actor see Hugo BeckerHugo Becker was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden.He was born in 1863 in Strasbourg; his father Jean Becker was a famous violinist...
- 1895–1897: Marie HanfstänglMarie HanfstänglMarie Hanfstängl , born Marie Schroeder , was a notable German operatic soprano singer and singing teacher, whose career was mostly conducted in Germany....
- 1896–1933: Bernhard SeklesBernhard SeklesBernhard Sekles was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna, . The family name Seckeles was changed by Bernhard Sekles to Sekles. From 1894 to 1895 he was the third Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater...
- 1899–1912: Johannes Hegar
- 1904–1908: Hermann Zilcher
- 1904–1907 and 1908-1933: Adolf RebnerAdolf RebnerAdolf Franklin Rebner was an Austrian violinist and violist....
- 1905–1906: Johannes Messchaert (also: Johan)
- 1906–1933: Alfred Auerbach
- 1908–1916 and 1929-1942: Alfred Hoehn
- 1912–1917: Margarete DessoffMargarete DessoffEmma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff was a German choral conductor, singer, and voice teacher.-Germany:...
- 1926–1928: Hermine BosettiHermine BosettiHermine Bosetti née von Flick , was a German coloratura soprano.Bosetti sang her debut in Wiesbaden as "Ännchen" in Der Freischütz. In 1900 she was a member of the Vienna State Opera and from 1901 until 1924 she was a star singer with the Bavarian State Opera...
- 1926–1932: Ludwig Rottenberg
- 1928–1933: Mátyás SeiberMátyás SeiberMátyás György Seiber was a Hungarian-born composer who lived and worked in England from 1935 onward.-Career:Seiber was born in Budapest, and studied there with Zoltán Kodály, with whom he toured Hungary collecting folk songs. In 1928, he became director of the jazz department at the Hoch...
(Director of the first academic Jazz department) - 1930–1933: Herbert GrafHerbert GrafHerbert Grafton was an Austrian-American opera producer. Born in Vienna in 1904, he was the son of Max Graf , the Austrian author, critic, musicologist and member of Sigmund Freud's circle of friends...
(Opera School) - 1933–1938: Helmut WalchaHelmut WalchaHelmut Walcha was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :Born in Leipzig, Walcha was blinded at age 19 after vaccination for smallpox...
- 1933–1942: Kurt HessenbergKurt HessenbergKurt Hessenberg was a German composer and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.- Life :...
- 1933–1945: Gerhard Frommel
- 1936–1940: Anton BiersackAnton BiersackAnton Biersack was a German composer and music educator. After initial studied in music in Eichstätt, he studied music composition, conducting, piano, and organ at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg from 1928-1932. From 1932-1936 he was a fellow at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main...
- 1954–1974: Peter Cahn
- 1958–19??: Alois KottmannAlois KottmannAlois Kottmann is a German violinist, music pedagogue, university professor and patron.- Background :Alois Kottmann was raised as one of three children of a silversmith. His mother was very much interested in music so she made every possible effort for a musical education of her children...
- 1976–: Albert MangelsdorffAlbert MangelsdorffAlbert Mangelsdorff was one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics.-Biography:...
- 1985–1996: Richard Rudolf KleinRichard Rudolf KleinRichard Rudolf Klein is a German composer, musician and teacher. His compositional output is diverse, including nursery rhymes and music for children, choral music and hymns, incidental music, orchestral music as well as chamber music.- Life :Klein attended the humanistic Gymnasium in Landau,...
- 1981-2000: Gerhard SchedlGerhard SchedlGerhard Schedl was an Austrian composer.-Professional career:Gerhard Schedl was born in Vienna and began composing during his childhood. In 1976 he began his professional studies with Erich Urbanner at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. He graduated with distinction in 1980. He...
Famous Students
- 1879–1882: Edward MacDowellEdward MacDowellEdward Alexander MacDowell was an American composer and pianist of the Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites "Woodland Sketches", "Sea Pieces", and "New England Idylls". "Woodland Sketches" includes his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose"...
- 1886–1890: Hans PfitznerHans PfitznerHans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.-Biography:Pfitzner was born in Moscow, Russia, where his...
- 1891–1893 and 1896-1899: Cyril ScottCyril ScottCyril Meir Scott was an English composer, writer, and poet.-Biography:Scott was born in Oxton, England to a shipper and scholar of Greek and Hebrew, and Mary Scott , an amateur pianist. He showed a talent for music from an early age and was sent to the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany to...
(Frankfurt GroupFrankfurt GroupThe Frankfurt Group was a group of English speaking composers and friends who all studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s.This group included Balfour Gardiner, Percy Grainger, Roger Quilter, Norman O'Neill and Cyril Scott....
) - 1893–1895: Margarete DessoffMargarete DessoffEmma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff was a German choral conductor, singer, and voice teacher.-Germany:...
- 1893–1897: Norman O'Neill (Frankfurt GroupFrankfurt GroupThe Frankfurt Group was a group of English speaking composers and friends who all studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s.This group included Balfour Gardiner, Percy Grainger, Roger Quilter, Norman O'Neill and Cyril Scott....
) - 1894–1896: Henry Balfour GardinerHenry Balfour GardinerHenry Balfour Gardiner was an English musician, composer, and teacher. Between his conventional education at Charterhouse School and New College, Oxford, where he obtained only a pass degree, Gardiner was a piano student at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main where he was taught by Knorr...
(Frankfurt GroupFrankfurt GroupThe Frankfurt Group was a group of English speaking composers and friends who all studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s.This group included Balfour Gardiner, Percy Grainger, Roger Quilter, Norman O'Neill and Cyril Scott....
) - 1894–1901: Walter BraunfelsWalter Braunfels-Life:Walter Braunfels was born in Frankfurt am Main. His first music teacher was his mother, the great-niece of the composer Louis Spohr . He continued his piano studies in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory with James Kwast....
- 1895–1900: Percy GraingerPercy GraingerGeorge Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...
(Frankfurt GroupFrankfurt GroupThe Frankfurt Group was a group of English speaking composers and friends who all studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s.This group included Balfour Gardiner, Percy Grainger, Roger Quilter, Norman O'Neill and Cyril Scott....
) - 1895–1903: Johanna SenfterJohanna SenfterJohanna Senfter was a German composer.Johanna Senfter was born and died in Oppenheim. From 1885 she studied composition under Knorr, violin under Rebner, piano under Friedberg and organ at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount of musical training when in...
- 1895–1898: Hans JelmoliHans JelmoliHans Jelmoli was a Swiss composer and pianist.-Life:Jelmoli was came from a wealthy Swiss family who had founded a well known retailing business by the same name. He studied music with Bernhard Scholz, Iwan Knorr, and Engelbert Humperdinck at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. He first studied...
- 1897–1901: Roger QuilterRoger QuilterRoger Quilter was an English composer, known particularly for his songs.-Biography:Born in Hove, Sussex, Quilter was a younger son of Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet, who was a noted art collector...
(Frankfurt GroupFrankfurt GroupThe Frankfurt Group was a group of English speaking composers and friends who all studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main in the late 1890s.This group included Balfour Gardiner, Percy Grainger, Roger Quilter, Norman O'Neill and Cyril Scott....
) - 1898–1903: Boris HambourgBoris HambourgBoris Hambourg was a Russian cellist who made his career in the USA, Canada, England and Europe.Boris was the third son of Michael Hambourg , and the younger brother of the pianist Mark Hambourg and the violinist Jan Hambourg...
- 1900–1901: Ernest BlochErnest BlochErnest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer.-Life:Bloch was born in Geneva and began playing the violin at age 9. He began composing soon afterwards. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe...
- 1901–1902: Otto KlempererOtto KlempererOtto Klemperer was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading conductors of the 20th century.-Biography:Otto Klemperer was born in Breslau, Silesia Province, then in Germany...
- 1903–1909: Reinhard OppelReinhard OppelReinhard Oppel was a German composer.He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt 1903-1909, was briefly an organist in Bonn, then from 1911 professor of compositions at the Kiel Conservatory, and from 1928 professor of music theory at the Leipzig Conservatory.Oppel was a student,...
- 1904–1907: Hans Gebhard-Elsaß
- 1904–1908: Frederick Septimus KellyFrederick Septimus KellyFrederick Septimus Kelly was an Australian and British musician and composer and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...
- 1908–1910: Richard TauberRichard TauberRichard Tauber was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics commented that "his heart felt every word he sang".-Early life:...
- 1909–1917: Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
- 1909–1913: Ernst TochErnst TochErnst Toch was a composer of classical music and film scores.- Biography :Toch, born in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, into the family of a humble Jewish leather dealer when the city was at its 19th-century cultural zenith, sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music...
- 1913–1916 and 1918–1920: Ottmar Gerster
- ca. 1915 Hans RosbaudHans RosbaudHans Rosbaud , was an Austrian conductor, particularly associated with the music of the twentieth century....
- 1917–1931: Kurt HessenbergKurt HessenbergKurt Hessenberg was a German composer and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.- Life :...
- 1924–1927: Alexander SchneiderAlexander SchneiderAlexander Schneider was a violinist, conductor, and educator. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest Quartet.- Biography :...
- 1932–1936: Anton BiersackAnton BiersackAnton Biersack was a German composer and music educator. After initial studied in music in Eichstätt, he studied music composition, conducting, piano, and organ at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg from 1928-1932. From 1932-1936 he was a fellow at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main...
Other Students
- Vladimír Ambros
- Frederic AustinFrederic AustinFrederic Austin was an English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. He is best remembered for his restoration and production of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and Johann Christoph Pepusch, and its sequel, Polly, in 1920–23...
- Erich Bender
- Carlo Bohländer
- Franz Magnus Böhme
- Leonard BorwickLeonard BorwickLeonard Borwick was an English concert pianist especially associated with the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.- Early training and debuts :...
- Catherine CarswellCatherine CarswellCatherine Roxburgh Carswell was a Scottish author, biographer and journalist, now known as one of the few women who took part in the Scottish Renaissance...
- Torsten de Winkel
- Moritz EggertMoritz EggertMoritz Eggert is a German composer and pianist.- Life :Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt , at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München...
- Agnes Fink
- Ernst Fischer
- Clemens von und zu FranckensteinClemens von und zu FranckensteinClemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein was a German opera composer, studying in Vienna, Austria, and later in Munich, Germany, with Ludwig Thuille and at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt with Iwan Knorr...
- Oskar FriedOskar FriedOskar Fried was a German conductor and composer. An admirer of Gustav Mahler, Fried was the first conductor to record a Mahler symphony...
- Else Gentner-FischerElse Gentner-FischerElse Gentner-Fischer was a German operatic soprano. Although she appeared in operas internationally, her career was mainly centered at the Frankfurt Opera where she was a resident artist from 1907-1935. She excelled in the dramatic soprano repertoire, drawing particular acclaim for her portrayal...
- Frank Gerhardt
- Konrad Georg
- Heinz Gietz
- Eugen Henkel
- Daniel HenselDaniel HenselDaniel Hensel is a German composer and musicologist.- Life and work :Hensel began his studies of composition in 1995 as a student of the Austrian composer Gerhard Schedl at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium. From 1999 he studied composition with Heinz Winbeck in Würzburg, from 2003 with Manfred Trojahn in...
- Herbie Hess
- Robin Hoffmann
- Alfred HollinsAlfred HollinsAlfred Hollins was a respected English organist, composer and teacher who was a famous recitalist in Scotland.- Biography :...
- Erich Itor KahnErich Itor KahnErich Itor Kahn was a German composer of Jewish descent, who emigrated to the United States during the years of National Socialism.-Biography:...
- Alice Kaluza
- Hans Klotz
- Christof LauerChristof LauerChristof Lauer is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley, Michel Godard, Volker Kriegel, Michel Portal, Maria Joao, Anthony Cox, Gary Husband,...
- Tiana LemnitzTiana LemnitzTiana Lemnitz was a German operatic soprano with a beautiful lyric voice. Her major operatic career took place between the two world wars .-Life and career:...
- Uli Lenz
- Emil MangelsdorffEmil MangelsdorffEmil Mangelsdorff is a jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet and flute.In 1942 and 1943 Mangelsdorff studied clarinet at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. As a member of the Frankfurt Hot Club his performing of jazz lead him to being imprisoned by the Gestapo...
- Annette Marquard
- Heinz Moog
- Sibylle Nicolai
- Walter RehbergWalter RehbergWalter Rehberg was a Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer on musical subjects who was particularly active from the 1920s to 1950s....
- Max Rudolf
- Fritzi ScheffFritzi ScheffFritzi Scheff was an American actress and vocalist.-Biography:Born in Vienna, Austria, she studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and made her début in Munich in the title röle of Martha...
- Erich SchmidErich SchmidErich Schmid was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was born on January 1, 1907 in Balsthal, Switzerland and died December 17, 2000 in Zürich. He studied composition with Bernhard Sekles at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt und später mit Arnold Schönberg...
- Dietrich Schulz-Köhn
- Johanna SenfterJohanna SenfterJohanna Senfter was a German composer.Johanna Senfter was born and died in Oppenheim. From 1885 she studied composition under Knorr, violin under Rebner, piano under Friedberg and organ at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount of musical training when in...
- Hermine Spies
- Rudi StephanRudi StephanRudi Stephan , was a German composer of great promise who shortly before the First World War was considered one of the leading talents among his generation....
- Stefan Thomas
- Richard Trunk
- Hans-Jürgen von BoseHans-Jürgen von BoseHans-Jürgen von Bose is a German Composer.-Life:After an unsettled adolescence, Bose entered the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1969, where he received instruction in piano and music theory...
- Hermann Hans Wetzler
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- Theodor W. AdornoTheodor W. AdornoTheodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society....
Private lessons with Bernhard Sekles, composition and Eduard Jung, piano - Hans von BülowHans von BülowHans Guido Freiherr von Bülow was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. He was one of the most famous conductors of the 19th century, and his activity was critical for establishing the successes of several major composers of the time, including Richard...
Taught at the Raff-Konservatorium in Frankfurt
See also
- College or university school of music
- Frankfurt am Main
- Timeline of jazz education
- Jazz in GermanyJazz in GermanyAn overview of the evolution of Jazz music in Germany reveals that the development of jazz in Germany and its public notice differ from the "motherland" of jazz, the USA, in several respects.- The 20s :...
- List of university and college schools of music
- List of pre-college music schools