Otto Singer
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Otto Singer 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.
Singer was born in Sora
Wilthen
Wilthen is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located near the border with the Czech Republic, nine km south of Bautzen and fifty km east of Dresden.-Geography:...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. He was educated in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, and later in Leipzig until 1865, and after a short residence in Weimar with Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz 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...
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
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
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.